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Company: Capstone Diagnostics
Penalty: $14,300,000
Year: 2024
Date: February 28, 2024
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Secondary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: Capstone Diagnostics and its owner agreed to pay approximately $14.3 million to resolve allegations that they violated the Anti-Kickback Statute by paying volume-based commissions to independent contractor sales representatives to arrange for or recommend medically unnecessary urine drug tests and respiratory pathogen panels (RPPs). The owner pled guilty to a criminal information charging him with conspiracy to pay health care kickbacks.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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