Humana Inc.'s lawsuit accusing Ameritox LLC of billing “millions of dollars” in fraudulent urine drug testing claims is moving forward (Humana, Inc. v. Ameritox, LLC, 2017 BL 264497, M.D.N.C., No. 1:16-cv-1006, 7/28/17).
A federal judge on July 28 allowed Humana to advance both state law and Employee Retirement Income Security Act claims against Ameritox, explaining that the case appeared to involve billing disputes made pursuant to both ERISA and non-ERISA health plans.
Humana accused Ameritox of running a yearslong scheme seeking reimbursement for urine drug testing services that were duplicative, medically unnecessary, or initiated without authorization from a ...
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