Editor’s note: the following article is reprinted with permission from Kaiser Health News. Links to previous CardioBrief coverage of the laboratory scandal story can be found at the bottom of the page. by Barbara Feder Ostrov, Kaiser Health News CEDARVILLE, Calif. — Beau Gertz faced a crowd of worried locals at this town’s senior center,…
Outsiders Swoop In Vowing To Rescue Rural Hospitals Short On Hope — And Money
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Labscam: Rogue Laboratory Testing At Center Of Addiction Treatment Scandal
July 3, 2017 by 1 Comment
–‘Sober homes’ in Florida are just the tip of the iceberg. A massive scandal involving fraudulent addiction treatment centers and rogue laboratories has recently surfaced. Several recent news reports have focused on the scandal’s epicenter in Florida, but industry observers say that the scandal is the tip of an iceberg of corruption, abuse, and fraud…
Trustee For Zombie Lab Sues Thousands Of Doctors And Dozens Of Nonprofits
June 12, 2017 by 4 Comments
–The suits unveil the scope and sordid details of the massive kickback scheme. Thousands of doctors are being sued by the trustee representing the creditors of Health Diagnostic Laboratory (HDL), the bankrupt laboratory company. The trustee is demanding that the doctors repay thousands of dollars in illegal processing and handling (P&H) fees, a key part…
The Billion Dollar Lab Scandal
July 18, 2016 by Leave a Comment
If you think Theranos is a big story then I have some news for you. There’s another medical laboratory scandal that dwarfs the Theranos story by almost any standard except for hype. The Theranos story is an important sexy Silicon Valley story. It’s more about an imagined shimmering future than about the greasy present we actually…
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