Poplar Bluff lab ordered to repay $13.6M in false Medicare charges
(Local News ~ 03/28/24)
The owners of a Poplar Bluff lab have agreed to pay $13.6 million for allegedly billing Medicare for lab tests that were not ordered or medically necessary. Officials report Gamma Healthcare was regularly turning $11 urinalysis tests into a $584 payday by not allowing physicians to opt out of the second, more expensive test...