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Judge rejects dismissal of Aetna lawsuit alleging COVID test billing fraud

Posted On: Nov. 30, 2022 9:36 AM CST

A federal judge in New Jersey denied a motion to dismiss Aetna Inc.’s claim that medical professionals and companies engaged in fraudulent billing schemes to profit from the administration of COVID-19 rapid tests, the New Jersey Law Journal reports. Aetna alleges that at the outset of the pandemic that two former physicians transformed two radiology labs in Rochelle Park, New Jersey, into COVID-19 testing facilities before upcoding simple tests into high-level consultations and evaluations.