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Mobile PET scan provider pays more than $8.3m to settle kickback allegations

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Kevin Kinsella

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Alongside the initial monetary settlement, the provider will pay additional amounts based on profits and submit to a CIA regimen.

A PET scan provider based in La Habra, California, has agreed to pay $8.3m to resolve charges that it paid referring cardiologists excessive fees to supervise PET scans, in violation of the False Claims Act (FCA) and the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS).

In addition to that figure, Modern Nuclear, Inc, (MNI)

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