Kevin Hanley, 47, was one of six men indicted in the scheme, according to the report. He pleaded guilty in January 2020 to a federal conspiracy charge and admitted he paid kickbacks to at least three other companies that recruited Medicare beneficiaries in exchange for referrals to his lab — Acadian Diagnostic Laboratories — for testing.
The companies submitted $127.4 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare between March 2018 and 2019, according to the report. Medicare paid out $21.3 million on those claims.
In addition to the prison sentence, Mr. Hanley was fined $20,000 and ordered to pay more than $21.3 million in restitution to CMS, according to the report.
Mr. Hanley’s brother-in-law, Terry Wilks, was the co-owner and CEO of the lab. He was sentenced in September 2023 to three years in prison for his role in the scheme.
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