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Kentucky physician admits lab test fraud in $3M false claims case
Paducah, Ky., physician Patrick Finney, MD, is paying $561,800 to settle allegations of CMS fraud and False Claims Act violations, the Justice Department said June 21. -
Optum breaks into lab benefit management: 4 things to know
UnitedHealth Group company Optum is launching a lab benefit management platform aimed at reducing unnecessary lab testing. -
Predictive Health names Susie Lu president of lab services
Diagnostics company Predictive Health appointed Susie Lu as the company's president of laboratory services. -
Mount Sinai team invents rapid test that measures COVID immunity strength, length
Researchers from New York City-based Mount Sinai have created a population-scalable rapid blood test that measures the strength and duration of a person's immunity to COVID-19. -
Cancer diagnostics company buys Pennsylvania lab
Cancer diagnostics company EmeritusDX acquired Conshohocken, Pa.-based lab Freedom Pathology Partners. -
ProPhase building new genomics lab
Diagnostics and genomics company ProPhase Labs is building a genomics lab as part of an effort to expand its in-house clinical and genomics testing capabilities. -
Labcorp notches 3 '1sts': 5 recent updates
Labcorp won the first FDA approval for a non-prescription multi-analyte COVID-19 test, plus four more updates on the lab company since March: -
$214M COVID-19 test fraud: California lab owners indicted
Imran Shams and Lourdes Navarro, both 63 and owners of Baldwin Park, Calif.-based Matias Clinical Laboratory, were indicted for their alleged roles in a $214 million Medicare fraud scheme, the Justice Department said. -
California lab director earns Tenet national hall of fame award
Daphne Martin, lab director for San Luis Obispo, Calif.-based Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center and Templeton, Calif.-based Twin Cities Community Hospital, was honored as part of Tenet Healthcare's annual recognition program, Paso Robles Daily News reported May 30. -
Companies look to expand PCR testing for monkeypox
In light of a global monkeypox outbreak, lab companies and health officials are looking to expand PCR testing for the virus in the U.S., CNN reported May 30. -
Former lab CEO gets 2 years prison in $6.5M fraud case
Jae Lee, 51, former CEO of the now-defunct Northwest Physicians Laboratory in Bellevue, Wash., was sentenced to two years in prison and $7.6 million in restitution for a drug testing kickback scheme that cost the government more than $6.5 million, the Justice Department said May 27. -
6 Quest Diagnostics updates in last 60 days
Quest Diagnostics was named to a Becker's list of top places to work, plus five more updates on the lab company in the last 60 days: -
Texas lab fraud case expands to 24 defendants
Six Texas physicians were added to a lab testing kickback and false claims lawsuit that originally named 18 people, including four former healthcare executives, and two lab companies as defendants, the Justice Department said May 26. -
Meet the CEOs of 4 of the biggest lab companies
The biggest lab companies in the U.S. are some of the largest globally as well. -
Lab owner barred from CMS programs, fined $510K for kickback scheme
Rakesh Kothuru, 49, the majority owner of Laboratory Services of America, was sentenced to four months of house arrest plus $510,000 in forfeiture, restitution and fines over a kickback scheme, the Justice Department said May 19. -
PathGroup attracts private equity investment to fuel M&A, Texas expansion
PathGroup, one of the largest independent labs in the U.S., has formed an investment partnership with private equity firm GTCR. -
FDA approves 1st no-prescription COVID-19 test that also detects flu, RSV
The FDA approved a Labcorp COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus test for use without a prescription, the agency said May 16. -
Labcorp launches at-home diabetes risk test kit
Labcorp launched a first-of-its-kind, at-home diabetes risk testing kit. -
What scares, excites the president of Mayo Clinic Labs about diagnostics' future
Diagnostics has always been an important part of healthcare, but recent times have shined a brighter spotlight on it. William Morice II, MD, PhD, president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, told Becker's there are exciting developments on the horizon as well as areas for concern. -
Physicians predict blood tests will revolutionize Alzheimer's disease treatment, Quest Diagnostics finds
A majority of physicians believe medicine is on the verge of groundbreaking new treatments for Alzheimer's disease, according to research from Quest Diagnostics.
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