Posts Tagged ‘urine test fraud’
Appellate Court Sends Patient Brokering Case Back to Judge
Appellate Court Sends Patient Brokering Case Back to Judge
Read MoreFeds Use Data Analytics to Detect Fraud
A Jacksonville-based healthcare provider accused of making false or fraudulent claims with the Florida Medicaid program agreed to pay $700,000 to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act. The case against Physicians Group Services resolves allegations that PGS submitted claims to Florida’s Medicaid program for quantitative urine drug testing that were medically unnecessary because…
Read MoreSober Home Initiative Results in Second Conviction
A U.S. Justice Department investigation of kickback schemes targeted at substance abuse treatment facilities dubbed the “Sober Homes initiative†recently ended in the conviction of a Florida doctor. According to evidence presented at trial, Mark Agresti, M.D., 59, of Palm Beach, unlawfully billed approximately $110 million of urinalysis (UA) drug testing services that were medically…
Read MoreLabs Settle With UnitedHealthcare For $56.2 Million
UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co. has agreed to settle a lawsuit it filed in 2016 against five toxicology laboratory companies for $56.2 million. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, alleged that medical testing lab executives offered kickbacks in the form of partnership shares to treatment facilities and doctors in exchange…
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