Florida实验室同意支付4 425M美元 解决因不必要的测试而提出的医疗保险诈骗指控 Florida lab agrees to pay $4.425M to settle Medicare fraud allegations over unnecessary tests.

佛罗里达州的一个毒理实验室 -- -- 医生毒理学实验室(PTL)已同意支付442.5万美元,以解决密歇根州Medicare病人要求进行不必要的尿道药物测试和荷尔蒙检测的指控。 A Florida toxicology lab, Physicians Toxicology Laboratory (PTL), has agreed to pay $4.425 million to settle allegations of ordering unnecessary urine drug tests and hormone tests for Medicare patients in Michigan. PTL鼓励对所有没有个人医疗需要的病人下达一揽子命令,违反了医疗保健规则。 PTL encouraged blanket orders for all patients without individualized medical necessity, violating Medicare rules. 和解还涉及一项为期三年的协定,以改善遵守和监督情况。 The settlement also involves a three-year agreement to improve compliance and oversight.