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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New And Improved LDL Lab Numbers
October 27, 2017 by 5 Comments
–Lab companies start reporting more accurate LDL cholesterol measurements. The LDL cholesterol number, which has been the obsessive focus of physicians and patients for several decades now, is getting a major upgrade. A new and improved method to calculate the LDL cholesterol number is starting to filter into standard laboratory reports. Until now LDL cholesterol,…
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…
Seeking Profit and Investors, Rogue Lab Moves Into Small Hospitals
December 9, 2016 by 6 Comments
A controversial new laboratory company specializing in “advanced cardiovascular risk testing” is developing an innovative, highly profitable– and legally dubious– new business model. Details of the scheme are spelled out in a “Management Presentation” slide presentation sent to me by a confidential source. The slide presentation, according to my source, is being shown by executives at True Health…
Inside The Scandal: Profit And Greed At An Embattled Laboratory Company
April 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
How does a clinical laboratory company grow in a few short years from nothing to more than $400 million in revenue and over $100 million in profit? Since the same company just settled with the DOJ for as much as $100 million, it’s reasonable to suspect that growth was probably not entirely legitimate. Now new information,…
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