Kevin S. Murdock, former CEO and owner of the now-defunct laboratory Premier Medical, Inc., has agreed to a consent judgment of $27,544,460, acknowledging there is a likelihood he would be found liable in the civil action brought against him by the United States and the States of Colorado, Georgia, and South Carolina (the Governments) for violating the False Claims Act, the Georgia False Medicaid Claims Act, the Colorado Medicaid False Claims Act, and the South Carolina Medical Assistance Provider Fraud Statute. The settlement came one day before his two-week trial was set to begin. This adds to the $87 million in judgments and settlements the Governments previously obtained against the other defendants named in their suit.
On July 30, 2021, the Governments filed a Joint Complaint in Intervention against Defendants Premier Medical, Inc., Kevin S. Murdock, Michael Conroy, Freedom Medical Labs, LLC, Robert Alan Richardson, and Edward Burch for fraud, waste and abuse against the Medicaid programs of Georgia, Colorado, and South Carolina. On April 25, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina entered a default judgment totaling $71,015,255.70 against Premier Medical, Inc., the clinical lab previously owned by Kevin S. Murdock in Greenville, South Carolina. Premier Medical has been terminated by each of the Medicaid agencies of Georgia, Colorado, and South Carolina.