Two Cardiovascular Disease Testing Laboratories

CA 2026 Physician Practices
OIG False Claims Kickbacks
Penalty
$47 million

Outcome

OIG enforcement action against Two Cardiovascular Disease Testing Laboratories for false claims, kickbacks. Penalty: $47 million.

Details

Two Cardiovascular Disease Testing Laboratories — OIG Enforcement (2026)

OIG took enforcement action against Two Cardiovascular Disease Testing Laboratories in CA in 2026 involving false claims, kickbacks violations in the Physician Practices sector.

Penalty: $47 million

Violation types: False Claims, Kickbacks
Entity type: Physician Practice
Penalty type: Settlement
Location: CA

Source: Two Cardiovascular Disease Testing Laboratories to Pay $48.5 Million to Settle Claims of Paying Kickbacks and Conducting Unnecessary Testing

How Crucible Prevents This

Crucible's billing compliance controls enforce documentation-to-claims reconciliation, requiring clinical attestation before claims submission and flagging billing patterns that deviate from documented care delivery. Crucible's referral monitoring tracks patient source patterns and flags arrangements that correlate referral volume with financial relationships, enforcing anti-kickback compliance documentation.

Source: Two Cardiovascular Disease Testing Laboratories to Pay $48.5 Million to Settle Claims of Paying Kickbacks and Conducting Unnecessary Testing

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