Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2013. Steven J. Wasserman, M.D., a dermatologist practicing in Venice, Fla., has agreed to pay $26.1 million to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by accepting illegal kickbacks from a pathology laboratory and by billing the Medicare program for medically unnecessary services, the Justice Department announced yesterday. The settlement is the largest ever with an individual under the False Claims Act in the Middle District of Florida and…
