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Dianon charged $4.8 million for mischarging Medicare:

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Dianon Systems of Stratford, Connecticut, is to pay $4.8m under a settlement agreement with the US Department of Justice. The fine follows a DoJ investigation of the cancer testing laboratory firm's billing of Medicare and other federal healthcare programmes for medically unnecessary tests. The company had set aside $5.5m in the third quarter to cover the payment and associated legal costs. Dianon is being acquired by Laboratory Corporation of America for $600m.

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