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Physician Faces Criminal Charges for Allegedly Medically Unnecessary Tests

Miriam R. Swedlow

Physician Faces Criminal Charges for Allegedly Medically Unnecessary Tests
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A federal grand jury returned criminal charges against a Louisiana doctor for allegedly billing Medicare over $32.7 million for “medically unnecessary definitive urine drug testing services.”  The physician “is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and five