Assistant U. S. Attorneys Valerie Chu and Paul Starita (619) 546-6750/7701NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – July 23, 2020SAN DIEGO - San Diego-based clinical laboratory Progenity, Inc. admitted today that it submitted fraudulent bills to TRICARE, the Department of Defense health care benefit program that covers military service members and their dependents, and to the Federal Health Care Employee Benefits Program (FEHBP), for clinical tests that it knew were not covered or properly payable by either program.In addition, Progenity, formerly known as Ascendant MDx, Inc., and previously headquartered in Carlsbad, California, admitted that it offered improper incentives to patients and doctors...