A settlement has been reached in a whistleblower class action lawsuit brought against Garden State Cardiovascular Specialists P.C. who is accused of falsely billing federal health care programs for tests that were not medically necessary.
The whistleblower will receive more than $648,000 as part of the settlement.
Filed in 2010, the whistleblower case alleged that Garden State submitted claims to Medicare for various cardiology diagnostic tests and procedures, including stress tests, cardiac catheterizations and external counterpulsation, which were not medically necessary.