Case: A lab that performed urine drug testing on out-of-network Medicare Advantage and Medicaid patients sued Unitedhealth Group for carrying out bad faith and statistically invalid claims audits and wrongfully withholding over $1 million in reimbursements for lab tests. United contended that the claims were legally invalid. Significance: The Illinois federal court agreed and tossed all of…
Lab Loses Round 1 of Reimbursement Lawsuit against Unitedhealth Group
by Glenn S. Demby | Jan 26, 2022 | Articles, Lab Compliance Advisor, Labs in Court-lca
