Santa Ana, Calif.-based National Cardio Labs has agreed to pay $3.6 million to resolve allegations that the heart monitoring company defrauded Medicare, TRICARE and commercial insurers contracted through the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, according to a report by the Mercury News.
The company, which is managed by Adrienne Stanman, was accused of submitting false claims to the insurers between Jan. 1998 and Feb. 2004.
The lab, Ms. Stanman and her husband Thom Mrozek, who previously managed the lab, paid $2.3 million of the settlement in May and forfeited $584,000 in assets. Payment of the remaining funds is required before July 21, according to the report.
Read the Mercury News report on National Cardio Labs.
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The company, which is managed by Adrienne Stanman, was accused of submitting false claims to the insurers between Jan. 1998 and Feb. 2004.
The lab, Ms. Stanman and her husband Thom Mrozek, who previously managed the lab, paid $2.3 million of the settlement in May and forfeited $584,000 in assets. Payment of the remaining funds is required before July 21, according to the report.
Read the Mercury News report on National Cardio Labs.
Read other Becker's coverage on recent healthcare fraud cases.
Seven Charged With Houston-Area Medicare Fraud Scheme
North Carolina Home Health Company Owners Sentenced to Prison for Medicaid Fraud
Michigan Clinic Owner and Vice President Found Guilty of Medicare Fraud