A Florida man admitted his role in a healthcare fraud and kickback scheme that caused more than $4.8 million in losses to Medicare. Charles P. Kasbee, Jr., 48, of Palm Beach Shores, Florida, pleaded guilty to an Information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and one count of conspiracy to violate the federal Anti-Kickback Statute. According to documents filed in the case and statements made in court: From February 2019 to September 2019, Kasbee and his co-conspirators participated in a scheme to submit claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary cancer genetic screening (CGX) tests that were procured through a web of bribes and kickbacks. Kasbee utilized the services of marketing call centers, which employed deceptive telemarketing techniques to obtain Medicare beneficiaries’ personal and medical information. Then, Kasbee and others arranged for CGX testing kits to be sent to the identified beneficiaries. Once the CGX test kits were completed by the beneficiaries, the kits were shipped to a testing laboratory, which submitted claims for reimbursement to Medicare. Kasbee received kickback payments exceeding $1,200 for each CGX test resulting in Medicare reimbursement.