Access DX Laboratory has agreed a $36.4 million federal settlement as the Justice Department coordinates False Claims Act enforcement, criminal proceedings and corporate compliance measures against alleged healthcare fraud.
The Justice Department announced the settlement on 30 July 2026, after the Administration created the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud and the National Fraud Enforcement Division earlier in the year.
Access DX, former chief executive Michael Stewart and Florida businessman Harold Shatz will pay a combined $36.4 million to resolve allegations that they paid kickbacks to marketers for patient referrals, used unbundled genetic-testing billing codes, paid telemedicine providers for false or fraudulent doctors’ orders and caused claims to be submitted for medically unnecessary testing. The alleged conduct occurred between January 2018 and January 2020 and involved claims submitted to Medicare and Medicaid.
The Justice Department’s Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch, Fraud Section and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia coordinated the resolution with assistance from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General. Access DX also entered a five-year Corporate Integrity Agreement with HHS-OIG requiring auditing and accountability measures, a compliance programme, training and education, and review of arrangements with referral sources.
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