Zombie Lab Company Sics Bill Collectors On Doctors Who Took Kickbacks

–The liquidating trustee for HDL Lab is seeking to reclaim kickbacks paid to doctors who ordered the company’s tests. Many doctors who ordered tests in the past from Health Diagnostic Laboratory (HDL) are now opening some unexpected and very unwelcome letters. HDL was the billion dollar lab company with a meteoric rise and an even…

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The Wild West Of New Laboratory Scams

It’s like the wild west. With no sheriff acting to impose law and order, many laboratory companies are now deploying a wide variety of new scams to gain new business. The new scams have emerged in the wake of the collapse and bankruptcy of Health Diagnostics Laboratory (see the bottom of this story for links to previous coverage)…

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US DOJ Expands Investigation Into Phony Novartis Speaking Events

— The government wants Novartis to turn over documents on 80,000 separate speaking events. The US Department of Justice is seeking to greatly expand its investigation of Novartis “for engaging in a nationwide kickback scheme, spanning 10 years, to induce doctors to write prescriptions for certain of its cardiovascular (‘CV’) drugs.” Last week the DOJ…

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US Freezes Millions Of Dollars In Assets Of Rogue Lab Sales Force

The US government is freezing millions in dollars in assets from the owners of BlueWave, the sales company that participated in “a massive kickback scheme” involving Health Diagnostics Laboratory (HDL) and a second smaller laboratory company, Singulex, Inc. A US judge last week granted an application from US and state attorneys to ensure that BlueWave…

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Embattled Lab Nears Settlement With Government Over Kickbacks

Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc, the embattled lab company, is nearing a $50 million settlement with the Justice Department, according to a Wall Street Journal story by  John Carreyrou. As previously reported here, the federal government is investigating HDL for giving kickbacks to physicians  who use  the company’s tests. Additional allegations suggest a broader pattern of serious misconduct based on questionable sales,…

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Beyond Kickbacks: More Questions About Unnecessary Cardiovascular Tests

On the front page of the Wall Street Journal today is an important story about a fast-growing company accused of giving kickbacks to physicians who order the company’s tests measuring a wide variety of cardiovascular biomarker tests. But the article leaves one major question unasked: even if the company played fully by the rules, are most of the tests medically…

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