Natera Settles Billing Lawsuit With US Government for $11.4M

Mar 12, 2018

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Natera last week agreed to pay $11.4 million to settle a lawsuit with the US government that alleged the firm submitted false claims to several government health programs.

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