Georgia Laboratory Owner Pleads Guilty to Felony Charge and Pays $14.3 Million to Resolve Liability Relating to Kickbacks and Unnecessary Testing

Andrew (Drew) Maloney, 57, of Roswell, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to a criminal information charging him with conspiracy to pay health care kickbacks, the Justice Department announced today. Additionally, Maloney and the clinical laboratory that he owned, Capstone Diagnostics, of Atlanta, Georgia, have agreed to pay $14.3 million to resolve allegations that they violated the Anti-Kickback Statute by paying volume-based commissions to independent contractor sales representatives to arrange for or recommend medically unnecessary urine drug tests and respiratory pathogen panels (RPPs). Maloney and Capstone have agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department’s investigations of other participants in the alleged schemes. Read More