By: Allison Cook
NeoGenomics Laboratories, a cancer-testing lab based in Fort Myers, Florida, has agreed to pay $9,813,260 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law, the Justice Department announced on July 20, 2026.
The conduct ran from February 14, 2014, through December 31, 2022. Per the allegations, NeoGenomics gave 28 health care providers consulting help to build their own in-house testing labs and charged them less than that help was worth, allegedly to induce those providers to send lab work its way. It also paid outside consultants more when they steered more business to the lab, tying their compensation to the volume or value of referrals. Both arrangements funneled referrals that turned into Medicare and Medicaid claims, which the government treated as false.
Of the $9.81 million, $6,542,173 is restitution. NeoGenomics self-reported the conduct through the HHS-OIG Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol on November 2, 2021, cooperated with the investigation, ended the arrangements, and received cooperation credit under the Justice Department’s guidelines. The settlement is not an admission of liability.