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STEVEN MURPHY, M.D. and his practices, MURPHY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, LLC and DIAGNOSTIC AND MEDICAL SPECIALISTS OF GREENWICH, LLC, located in Stamford, have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments in which they will pay $866,539 to settle allegations of COVID-19 related fraud and health care fraud. As part of the settlement, Murphy and his practices agreed to be excluded from all federal health care programs for a period of three years.

Signal Diagnostics LLC (Signal) has agreed to pay the United States $20.5 million to resolve allegations that Signal violated the False Claims Act by knowingly retaining and improperly avoiding its obligations to repay the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) COVID-19 Claims Reimbursement to Health Care Providers and Facilities for Testing, Treatment, and Vaccine Administration for the Uninsured Program (the “Uninsured Program”) for overpayments for claims Signal submitted for patients who had health insurance.

United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced today that Aymancare PLLC, a medical clinic with offices in the Dallas area, agreed to pay $7.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by overbilling the federal government in connection with COVID-19 testing services performed for uninsured patients.