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Dallas Lab Pays $24M for Medicare Fraud | Texas News
Dallas lab Magnolia Diagnostics and its owners are paying $24 million to settle fraud claims after billing Medicare for unnecessary respiratory tests between 2020 and 2021—often bundled with COVID-19 screenings in senior facilities, sometimes without proper orders. Investors also coughed up $4.8 million, as they allegedly profited from the scheme. Investigators found tests were delayed for weeks or months, rendering results useless, and even allege threats were made to coerce compliance. This case underscores how greed can exploit vulnerable populations—and that accountability will be…
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