CityMed was accused of providing COVID-19 tests to fully insured patients meant for uninsured patients. Stephen Kitzinger, who was the whistleblower in this case, reported he received a free COVID-19 test even though he entered his insurance information into the patient portal.
The federal government accused CityMD and a third-party laboratory of billing the federal government’s COVID-19 uninsured program for tests performed on patients with insurance.
CityMD’s $12 million settlement includes around $7 million returned to the government while litigation was pending. Mr. Kitzinger received over $2 million as the whistleblower.
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