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Mayes and other physicians at his former office, Heritage Medical Practice, had referred patients to Berkeley HeartLab in exchange for fees. Mayes said Monday he referred patients to Berkeley for a few months in 2010, after a company representative told them the referral fees were legal. He stopped after realizing the fees weren't legal and noticing the company was performing cholesterol tests he had not ordered on blood samples. At the time, Berkeley and other companies were promoting genetic tests as a way to get a better look at cholesterol levels. He contacted the company's representative about the tests, asking them to stop the practice, but it continued. When he asked patients to bring in their insurance explanation of benefits, one showed

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