Paying physicians fees to collect and process patient samples for testing is a dicey proposition because it exposes labs to suspicion under the Stark and Anti-Kickback Statute laws. Such arrangements … [Read more...]
Whistleblowers
California Case Shows Why Paying Specimen Collection Fees of Any Amount Are a Liability Risk
September 17, 2020
Labs In Court
A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
June 3, 2020
Whistleblower Lawsuit Can’t Start Until Criminal Investigation Ends Case: Two former MedComp Laboratory Sciences employees filed a whistleblower lawsuit accusing the lab of concocting an elaborate … [Read more...]
Quest Shells Out $195K to Settle Massive HIV Data Breach Class Action
November 14, 2019
Government fines, public embarrassment, loss of provider and patient trust. As if these consequences weren’t scary enough, massive PHI breaches can expose your lab to a new kind of risk: class action … [Read more...]
COURT CASES
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
August 26, 2019
Federal Court Dismisses Whistleblowers' Urine Drug Test False Billing Claim Case: Whistleblowers accused a national lab company of falsely billing Medicare and Medicaid for high complexity … [Read more...]
COURT CASES
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
July 16, 2019
Feds Salvage $2.5 Million from $90 Million Genetic Testing Scam Case: The feds accused Nevada Heart & Vascular Center (NHVC) of taking kickbacks from a pair of now defunct genetic testing … [Read more...]
FALSE CLAIMS
Case of the Month: Physicians Come Under Fire for Taking Blood Processing Fee Kickbacks from HDL
June 17, 2019
Like the tango, it takes two to break the anti-kickback laws: one to offer and pay the kickback and the other to accept it. When a major scheme involving payment of kickbacks for lab testing referrals … [Read more...]
COURT CASES
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
June 17, 2019
Florida Doctor Settles Kickback, False Claims Charges for $911K Case: A Florida doctor settled charges of taking kickbacks for referring patients to Universal Oral Fluid Laboratories, a … [Read more...]
COURT CASES
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
June 10, 2019
New York Breaks Up Massive $28 Million Medicaid Diagnostics Mill Case: One of the biggest Medicaid diagnostics fraud schemes in recent memory has resulted in multiple convictions, including two … [Read more...]
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
April 18, 2019
Kentucky Lab Pays $125K to Settle Self-Disclosed SVT False Billing Charges Case: VerraLab JA, LLC, has agreed to pay $125,983 after self-disclosing that it billed Medicare for specimen validity … [Read more...]
COURT CASES
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
March 25, 2019
$1.99 Million Settlement for False Billing of Genetic Tests Case: In a case that began as a whistleblower suit filed by two ex-employees, GenomeDx Biosciences has agreed to shell out $1.99 … [Read more...]
