Substance Abuse Disorder

Clinic CEO who ordered unnecessary drug tests pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud

By LabPulse.com staff writers

Her clinics billed Medicare for more than $10 million in urine drug tests, and Medicare paid more than $4 million for such testing.

June 21, 2023

Amid overdose epidemic, NIH and FDA seeking to reduce barriers to rapid drug-detection tools

By LabPulse.com staff writers

The rapid detection tools often remain inaccessible because of gaps in research and other barriers, including state or legal prohibitions.

June 12, 2023

Georgia doctor, clinics to pay $625K to resolve False Claims Act allegations

By LabPulse.com staff writers

The defendants allegedly submitted improper claims to Medicare and Tricare insurance programs for evaluation and management services as well as medically unnecessary urine drug screening tests.

May 31, 2023

Urine tests show rising use of deadly stimulant-opioid combos

By LabPulse.com staff writers

Results were published by Leah LaRue, associate director of clinical affairs at Millennium Health, and colleagues in JAMA Network Open on April 26.

May 1, 2019