{"id":120,"date":"2007-10-23T12:23:03","date_gmt":"2007-10-23T12:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2007\/10\/unauthorized_laboratory_tests.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:52:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:52:24","slug":"unauthorized_laboratory_tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/unauthorized_laboratory_tests\/","title":{"rendered":"False Claims Acts and Unauthorized Laboratory Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qui-tam-litigation.com\/who-we-are.html\">whistleblower lawyer blog attorneys<\/a> have written extensively about Georgia&#8217;s enactment of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/part_4_the_modern_false_claims_1\/\"> new State False Medicaid Claims Act,<\/a> a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/new_whistleblower_law_on_medic_1\/\">whistleblower law that an attorney with our law firm helped enact<\/a>.  This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/the_false_claims_act_inspires_1\/\">qui tam whistleblower law<\/a> has applicability to anyone who files a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/part_4_the_modern_false_claims_1\/\">false or fraudulent claim <\/a>for reimbursement with the State&#8217;s Medicaid program.  <\/p>\n<p>                  A classic example of this would be filing false claims for reimbursement for unnecessary and\/or unauthorized laboratory tests.  If a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/whistleblower_lawyer_weekly_up_1\/\">health care provider submits false or fraudulent claims<\/a> for reimbursement under the State Medicaid program for performing lab tests which are not properly authorized by a medical physician, or do not otherwise meet Medicaid standards for reimbursement, such a submission could constitute a false claim against the Medicaid program, thus entitling any whistleblower reporting that claim to a reward for reporting Medicaid fraud.  One such case, recently filed by the State of Massachusetts, indicates just how expensive such claims may be for the taxpayer.<\/p>\n<p>\tLast week, in Boston, Boston Clinical Laboratories, Inc. was alleged to have submitted 66,000 false Medicaid claims for urine drug screens in circumstances where they were not ordered by an authorized prescriber or were ordered for non-medical purposes.  According to allegations made by the Massachusetts Attorney General, many of these laboratory urine screens were to monitor sobriety tests for the individuals and were not approved for medical reasons.  Under state regulations, eligible Medicaid claims are limited to laboratory services prescribed by a physician and must serve a medically necessary purpose.  Court ordered and Social Service Agency drug testing, as well as testing for resident sobriety in out-patient treatment facilities, are not covered under the Medicaid program.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/unauthorized_laboratory_tests\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading False Claims Acts and Unauthorized Laboratory Tests\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our whistleblower lawyer blog attorneys have written extensively about Georgia&#8217;s enactment of the new State False Medicaid Claims Act, a new whistleblower law that an attorney with our law firm helped enact. This qui tam whistleblower law has applicability to anyone who files a false or fraudulent claim for reimbursement with the State&#8217;s Medicaid program. 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