Case: A northern Massachusetts medical practice and Detroit pain clinic became the latest downstream providers to pay the OIG a five-figure fine to settle kickback claims in the form of accepting free … [Read more...]
LABS IN COURT
Massachusetts Practice Busted for Taking Free POCT Cups from Millennium
January 15, 2020
Labs In Court
November 28, 2019
A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry Lab’s ‘False Positive’ Drug Test Report ≠ Defamation of Employee Case: An Arkansas nurse got fired … [Read more...]
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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...]
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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...]
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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...]
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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...]
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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...]
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Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
February 19, 2019
Texas Pathology Lab Settles EHR Consulting Kickback Claims for $63.5 Million Case: In 2006, HHS implemented an AKS safe harbor and Stark exception letting non-physician providers pay up to 85% … [Read more...]
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Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
January 15, 2019
Wisconsin Health System Settles Stark Claims for $12 Million Case: In a case that began as a whistleblower suit, a company affiliated with Advocate Aurora Health, Inc. has agreed to pay $12 … [Read more...]
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Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
December 14, 2018
Owner of MD Practices Settles Fraud Charges for $3.07 Million Case: Individual physicians implicated in frauds committed by the practices and clinics they own is this month's predominant theme. … [Read more...]
