A Myrtle Beach area doctor and his practices agreed to settle federal Medicare fraud allegations as part of a purported kickback scheme , the U.S. Department of Justice announced this week.
Dr. Gerald Congdon and his practices, Coastal Urgent Care in Pawleys Island and Coastal Wellness Center in Myrtle Beach, agreed to pay $400,000 to resolve accusations they received thousands of dollars during 2016-2021 disguised as office space rental and phlebotomy payments from a laboratory based in Anderson, S.C., in exchange for ordering testing, a DOJ press release states.
Additional details surrounding the allegations and settlement specifically with Congdon and his practices are not publicly available at this time, according to a DOJ spokeswoman…