Case: Prosecutors accused a Tampa reference lab, pain clinic and two former executives of billing Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE for medically unnecessary presumptive and definitive Urine Drug Testing (UDT). The defendants denied the charges but decided to pay $41 million to settle rather than risk a trial. Significance: Presumptive UDT screens for the presence of drugs, while…
Florida Lab, Execs Settle False Billing of Urine Drug Test Charges for $41 Million
