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...]
COURT CASES
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
July 16, 2019
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...]
ENFORCEMENT
Case of the Month: Milwaukee Clinic the Latest MD-Owned Lab Busted for Urine Drug Test Abuses
May 13, 2019
Fraudulent utilization and billing of urine drug screening has become a priority for federal enforcers since the $256 million Millennium settlement of 2016. Subsequent cases have targeted abuses … [Read more...]
ENFORCEMENT
Case of the Month: Another MD-Owned Lab Gets Busted for Urine Drug Test Abuses
April 29, 2019
Fraudulent utilization and billing of urine drug screening first became a priority for federal enforcers since the $256 million Millennium settlement of 2016. But the opioid crackdown has heightened … [Read more...]
DRUG TESTING
Enforcement Trends: CMS Looks to Recover $66.3 Million in Improper Specimen Validity Test Payments
April 1, 2019
The opioid crackdown has made urine drug testing an even greater priority for federal health fraud enforcers. One principle target is specimen validity testing (SVT) billed in combination with urine … [Read more...]
DRUG TESTING
Enforcement Trends: CMS Orders Medicare Contractors to Go After Labs that Received Specimen Validity Test Payments
March 27, 2019
Reflecting the wider opioid crackdown, CMS is targeting labs that perform urine drug testing for potential billing abuses. The hottest initiative: Labs that bill specimen validity testing (SVT) in … [Read more...]
WHISTLEBLOWERS
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
September 26, 2018
Texas Lab and Owner Get 15-Year Exclusion for Medicare Mileage Swindle Case: What would you do if your bill for a $43 blood test included a $1,500 travel fee? The patient who actually received such a … [Read more...]
WHISTLEBLOWERS
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
August 22, 2018
HDL's Former CEO Pays $10 Million to Settle Bankruptcy Claims Case: Health Diagnostic Laboratory co-founder and former CEO Tonya Mallory has agreed to pay $10 million to settle claims brought by the … [Read more...]
COURT CASES
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
July 13, 2018
Cancer Center Hit with $4.3 Million HIPAA Fine for Failure to Encrypt Case: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center was on the wrong end of the fourth largest HIPAA fine ever dished out by … [Read more...]
