West Virginia Medicaid Recovers $17 Million for $8.5 Million Opioid Scam Case: A subsidiary of Acadia Healthcare Co. has agreed to pay $17 million to settle charges of falsely billing West … [Read more...]
NEWS
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
May 23, 2019
FALSE CLAIMS
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
May 13, 2019
WV Hospital & Marketing Consultant Sued for Elaborate Kickback Scheme Case: A new DOJ lawsuit accuses a West Virginia non-profit hospital and its business consultant of seeking to dominate the … [Read more...]
FALSE CLAIMS
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
March 27, 2019
56 Months' Jail for Lab Technician Caught in Texas Toxicology Scam Case: A former toxicology testing company account rep pled guilty to conspiring with a medical clinic lab technician to steal … [Read more...]
COURT CASES
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
February 22, 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...]
REIMBURSEMENT
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
January 23, 2019
Tennessee Pain Doctor Faces Jail for Opioid Abuses, Medicare Fraud Case: The doctor is facing 45 charges, including 22 counts of illegal distribution of a controlled substance for routinely … [Read more...]
FALSE CLAIMS
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
July 3, 2018
Insurer Sues Florida Lab and California Hospital for Toxicology Test Billing Scam Case: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield is suing Reliance Laboratory Testing for allegedly conspiring with … [Read more...]
FALSE CLAIMS
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
June 4, 2018
Lab Accused of Inflating Specimen Travel Mileage Pays $525K to Settle Case: The feds accused a Missouri lab of submitting false claims to Medicare for travel fees in transporting specimens from … [Read more...]
FALSE CLAIMS
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
May 23, 2018
Ohio Hospital System Settles Kickback Claims for $14.25 Million Case: Rather than risk a trial, Mercy Health will pay $14.25 million to settle charges of entering into improper financial … [Read more...]
WHISTLEBLOWERS
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
April 16, 2018
No Dice for Whistleblower Claim Blaming Software Firm for Double-Billing Case: A physician coding supervisor for a North Carolina health system that used billing software from Epic filed a qui tam … [Read more...]
