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Litigation

Sep. 25, 2013

Diagnostics Laboratories settles with whistle-blowers

One of the largest providers of laboratory and X-ray services to nursing homes on the West Coast agreed to pay $19.4 million to settle a claim it tried to defraud the state and federal governments out of millions of dollars.

By Emily Green
Daily Journal Staff Writer

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Diagnostic Laboratories Inc., one of the largest providers of laboratory and X-ray services to nursing homes on the West Coast, has agreed to pay $19.4 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it attempted to defraud the state and federal governments out of millions of dollars.

The lawsuit alleged that the Burbank-based company exploited taxpayer-funded Medicare and Medi-Cal by providing deep dis...

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