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 17, 2019
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...]
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...]
COURT CASES
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...]
COURT CASES
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...]
COURT CASES
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...]
COURT CASES
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
November 16, 2018
Abbott Pays $25 Million to Settle TriCor Kickback & Off-Label Marketing Claims Case: The case began when a sales rep accused Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie Inc. of paying kickbacks to induce or … [Read more...]
FOCUS ON
Industry Buzz: ACA Constitutionality Is Back in Play
October 11, 2018
After a series of court setbacks, Republicans challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare, aka, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are back at it. And this time they may win. Beating a Dead Horse? The … [Read more...]
COURT CASES
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
October 11, 2018
Alabama Hospital and Lab Subsidiary Agree to $4.25 Million Kickback Settlement Case: Aperian Laboratory Solutions and its parent East Alabama Medical Center will fork over $4.25 million + legal costs … [Read more...]
HOSPITAL OUTREACH
Case of the Month: Fraud or Legitimate Rural Hospital Lab Outreach Business?
September 26, 2018
A North Carolina lawsuit pitting one of the nation's largest health insurers and a national hospital management company raises novel legal issues that test the legal limits of provider contracts … [Read more...]
