Credit: terovesalainen/Adobe Stock Allstate Qui Tam Action Can Proceed Against Clinical Laboratory Over 'Growing and Disturbing Trend' of Unnecessary Urine Drug Testing
"Allstate submits that, in recent years, the opioid abuse crisis has fueled urine drug testing (UDT) for pain management and prescription compliance, ripening opportunities for fraud, waste, and abuse," U.S. Chief District Judge Renée Marie Bumb wrote. "It links Phoenix Toxicology to a growing and disturbing trend of unnecessary UDT."
May 31, 2024 at 04:11 PM
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In a qui tam action filed by Allstate Insurance, the court denied a clinical laboratory's motion to dismiss allegations that it submitted fraudulent claims for duplicative, excessive or medically unnecessary drug testing, finding that the insurer asserted just enough facts to meet the heightened pleading requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b).
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