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Federal Court Tosses Consumer Fraud Lawsuit Against Labcorp
Not disclosing list prices of uncovered lab tests on ABN is not consumer fraud, court says.
Not disclosing list prices of uncovered lab tests on ABN is not consumer fraud, court says.
While labs were absent from recent enforcement actions, last week saw kickback schemes involving DME companies and a medical device company.
Some labs took advantage of COVID coverage rules to bill Medicare for medically unnecessary RPPs, allergy, and genetic tests.
In last week’s key cases, those involved in UDT fraud schemes face the music, and a doctor is convicted of stealing COVID relief money.
While most recent cases were the usual FCA and kickback-related issues, one involved the mischarging of federal grants by two biotech companies and their co-founder.