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Health Care & Hospital Law

May 12, 2011

Quest Reaches Record Settlement

Quest Diagnostics Inc., the state's largest diagnostic testing laboratory, has agreed to pay $241 million to settle claims it defrauded the state by inflating bills for Medi-Cal recipients.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - In what looks to be a record outcome for a California whistle-blower suit, the state's largest diagnostic testing laboratory has tentatively agreed to pay $241 million to settle claims it defrauded the state by inflating bills for Medi-Cal recipients.


As part of the tentative settlement, which must still be approved by California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and the company&...

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