California Cardiology Lab to Pay $3.6M to Settle Fraud Allegations

Santa Ana, Calif.-based National Cardio Labs has agreed to pay $3.6 million to resolve allegations that the heart monitoring company defrauded Medicare, TRICARE and commercial insurers contracted through the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, according to a report by the Mercury News.

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The company, which is managed by Adrienne Stanman, was accused of submitting false claims to the insurers between Jan. 1998 and Feb. 2004.

The lab, Ms. Stanman and her husband Thom Mrozek, who previously managed the lab, paid $2.3 million of the settlement in May and forfeited $584,000 in assets.  Payment of the remaining funds is required before July 21, according to the report.

Read the Mercury News report on National Cardio Labs.

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