Pennsylvania vision testing firm to pay $14.25M in Medicare fraud settlement over unapproved device use
NEWARK, N.J. – Diopsys, Inc., a medical device manufacturer based in Middletown, Pennsylvania, will pay up to $14.25 million to resolve allegations that it caused false claims to be submitted to Medicare…
Former CEO of defunct medical testing laboratory sentenced to prison for medical kickback scheme
Seattle – The former Chief Executive Officer of Northwest Physicians Laboratory (NWPL) was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two years in prison and $7.6 million in restitution for…
Owner of Drug Testing Lab Sentenced in Medicare Kickback Scheme
ABINGDON, Va. – A Las Vegas, Nevada-based laboratory owner, who paid another lab owner to direct urine samples to his lab for testing and then billed the federal government for that testing,…
Owner Of Consumer Products Testing Company Sentenced To 60 Months In Prison For Fraud Scheme Involving Fabricated Test Results
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Catherine Hermsen, Assistant Commissioner, United States Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations (“FDA-OIC”), Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant…
Texas heatwave to keep testing power grid this week
(Reuters) – This week’s heatwave will keep testing the Texas power system with record monthly demand expected on Tuesday after less hot weather on Monday kept usage below a new high. On…
Airlines press U.S. to lift pre-departure testing requirements
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – U.S. airlines are pressing the Biden administration to lift a 16-month-old rule requiring nearly all international air passengers with some exceptions to test negative for COVID-19 before…
New Jersey Lawmakers Want More Drug Testing for School Bus Drivers as Legal Weed Enters the Picture
TRENTON, N.J. – Two New Jersey lawmakers are calling for more drug testing for school bus drivers in the Garden State now that recreational marijuana has been legalized. The two Republicans say…
Analysis-N.Korea could ‘go small’ with tactical nukes if it resumes testing
By Josh Smith SEOUL – If North Korea resumes nuclear testing, it could include development of smaller “tactical” warheads meant for battlefield use and designed to fit on short-range missiles such as…
The case for testing Pfizer’s Paxlovid for treating long COVID
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO – Reports of two patients who found relief from long COVID after taking Pfizer Inc’s antiviral Paxlovid, including a researcher who tested it on herself, provide intriguing evidence…
Physician Partners of America to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Unnecessary Testing, Improper Remuneration to Physicians and a False Statement in Connection with COVID-19 Relief Funds
Physician Partners of America LLC (PPOA), headquartered in Tampa, Florida, its founder, Rodolfo Gari, and its former chief medical officer, Dr. Abraham Rivera, have agreed to pay $24.5 million to resolve allegations…
Co-Owner of defunct medical testing lab convicted of kickback scheme to profit on urine drug tests for government insurance programs
Seattle – A resident of Astoria, Oregon was convicted this week in U.S. District Court in Seattle of five federal felonies connected to his scheme to profit from illegal kickbacks in the…
MIT Bucks The Liberal University Consensus, Reinstates Standardized Testing Requirements
MIT Bucks The Liberal University Consensus, Reinstates Standardized Testing Requirements Kendall Tietz on March 29, 2022 UPDATE: This article has been updated to include comment from MIT in response to its standardized…
DEA Agrees to Assist in Testing of Suspected Narcotics in Cases Being Prosecuted in D.C. Superior Court
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will perform drug testing at its laboratories on evidence submitted by prosecutors in District of Columbia cases under…
Cue Health Serves as Preferred Testing Provider for the 2022 McDonald’s All American Games
Cue® helps the nation’s premiere high school basketball showcase return to in-person action SAN DIEGO, March 28, 2022 — Cue Health (“Cue”) (Nasdaq: HLTH), the healthcare technology company behind the country’s most…
Canada to ditch pre-arrival COVID testing requirement for travelers -source
-Canada will remove the need for incoming fully vaccinated travelers to get tested for COVID-19 before entering the country, starting on April 1, a source familiar with the plan said on Wednesday.…
Diagnostic testing company agrees to resolve claims for improperly billed testing
DAYTON, Ohio – American Health Associates, Inc. (AHA) has agreed to pay the United States $142,718 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they knowingly caused the submission of false claims to…
U.S. says it could spend $22 million a month testing unvaccinated federal employees
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The U.S. government said it faces “significant harm” if an a appeals court fails to reverse an injunction barring enforcement of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate…
Former lab director sentenced to prison for falsifying results of steel testing on parts for Navy subs
Tacoma – The former Director of Metallurgy at Bradken Inc. was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 30 months in prison, and a $50,000 fine, for falsifying test results…
Sweden Halts Mass COVID Testing, Even For The Symptomatic
Sweden halted its COVID-19 testing regime on Wednesday, even for those who are showing symptoms of infection, as many European countries end pandemic restrictions, the Associated Press reported. The country’s mobile city-square…
Airlines urge White House to end COVID international travel testing rules
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – Major airlines, business and travel groups urged the White House on Wednesday to end COVID-19 pre-departure testing requirements for vaccinated international passengers traveling to the United States.…
Argentine truckers stranded at Chilean border by slow COVID testing
– Thousands of truck drivers from Argentina were stuck at the Chilean border on Saturday due to slow COVID-19 testing, as Chile faced its second transport delay crisis. Since Jan. 21, more…
Temasek to buy Bridgepoint’s UK-based testing firm for $7 billion-sources
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s Temasek Holdings has agreed to buy Element Materials Technology for about $7 billion, as it sees an opportunity to boost growth at the testing and inspection services provider, two…
Johns Hopkins Now Requires Double Masking Despite 99% Vax Rate, Booster Requirement And Twice Weekly Testing
Johns Hopkins University (JHU) is requiring students to either wear two masks or wear an N-95 or KN-95 mask on campus during the spring semester despite nearly universal vaccination on campus and…
UC San Diego Health Pays $2.98 Million to Resolve Allegations of Ordering Unnecessary Genetic Testing
Assistant U. S. Attorneys Joseph Price (619) 546-7642 and Joseph Purcell (619) 546-7643 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – January 11, 2022 SAN DIEGO – UC San Diego Health, the academic health system of…
UC San Diego Health Pays $2.98 Million to Resolve Allegations of Ordering Unnecessary Genetic Testing
UC San Diego Health, the academic health system of the University of California, San Diego, has paid $2.98 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by ordering medically…
New Jersey’s Vault testing for COVID-19 not working as intended as hundreds of thousands didn’t return tests
TRENTON, NJ – The Vault at-home testing service offered by the state of New Jersey isn’t working as well as the state hope it would. Part of the problem is the service…
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