October 17, 2022

Sutter Health has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle claims of billing Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for quantitative urine testing that were in fact performed by third-party labs.  The company has already paid more than $6.5 million and is due to pay the remaining $6.5 million in the next 30 days.  USAO NDCA

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