
The SDNY U.S. Attorney’s Office has targeted several labs and their principals for False Claims Act violations arising out of reimbursements for COVID-19 testing services. In a complaint filed on June 13, the government sued LabQ Clinical Diagnostics, Dart Medical Laboratory, Community Mobile Testing, and their CEO, Moshe Landau.
In response to the COVID pandemic, Congress mandated that private health insurers cover COVID-19 testing and required government health care programs to also cover such testing. For uninsured persons, Congress appropriated funds for a federal program to reimburse health care providers furnishing COVID-19 testing to uninsured persons (the “Uninsured Program”), administered by an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. Before seeking reimbursement, however, COVID-19 testing providers were required to confirm that the patients were uninsured and no one else would pay for the testing. Continue Reading SDNY Sues Labs For Fraudulent COVID-19 Testing Under False Claims Act