DEMONSTRATING THAT EVEN ROUTINE TESTS CAN CAUSE LEGAL HEADACHES for clinical laboratories, the U.S. Department of Justice announced in January that it had reached a $704,349 agreement with OPKO Health Inc. and BioReference Health LLC (BRH) to settle allegations that BRH billed Medicare and other federal healthcare programs for medically unnecessary blood tests. The settlement […]
OPKO Settles Allegations of Fraudulent Billing
Whistleblower questions on routine CBC test billing lead to a $700k settlement with the government
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XXXII, No. 6 - April 21, 2025 Issue
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