From August 2015 to November 2021, Eric Toyer, MD, and his practice, Troyer Medical allegedly received kickbacks from a laboratory in Anderson, S.C., in return for referrals according to an Oct. 8 news release from the Justice Department.
The kickbacks were disguised as payments for purported phlebotomy services, rental of office space and the lease of a chemistry analyzer machine, resulting in false claims to Medicare, Medicaid and Tricare.
The two will pay $429,254 to the U.S. government and an additional $195,746 to the state of North Carolina, which jointly funded claims paid by the North Carolina Medicaid program.
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