NEWARK, N.J. — Quest Diagnostics Inc. has agreed to pay more than $13 million to resolve allegations that it gave doctors and health care executives free access to New York Giants events to win laboratory testing referrals, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey said Friday.
The Secaucus-based lab company will pay $13,014,576 plus interest, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced. The settlement resolves claims under the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute. Prosecutors said the claims are allegations only and there has been no determination of liability.
According to the government, from July 25, 2013, to Aug. 3, 2022, Quest offered free, exclusive entertainment to decision-makers at client practices to encourage them to send patients’ lab work to the company. The events grew out of a 2013 naming rights and sponsorship agreement with the Giants that gave Quest suites at MetLife Stadium…