Kentucky Lab Agrees to $4.9 Million Civil Judgment and Drug Treatment Center Enters

KY 2026 Behavioral Health

OIG False Claims

Penalty

$4.9 million

Outcome

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Kentucky Lab Agrees to $4.9 Million Civil Judgment and Drug Treatment Center Enters — $4,900,000 Settlement

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LEXINGTON, Ky. – The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky has entered an agreed judgment for $4.9 million, in favor of the United States and against AccuLab, LLC d/b/a Thoroughbred Diagnostics (“Thoroughbred”), holding the lab liable for submitting false claims for urine drug testing services to the Medicare and Kentucky Medicaid programs.

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Source: Kentucky Lab Agrees to $4.9 Million Civil Judgment and Drug Treatment Center Enters Settlement to Pay $2.2 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

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