NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Doctors want to warn patients of a Medicare fraud scheme involving unnecessary genetic test kids that is making the rounds in the Hampton Roads region.
Patients in our area received packages in the mail with a genetic test inside and thought it was ordered by their doctor, so they took the swab and sent it back to the lab. But doctors said that’s the first step in a multi-million-dollar Medicare fraud scheme that’s lining these fraudster’s pockets with our tax money.
Dr. Anne Redding got suspicious when she saw paperwork on her desk wanting her to authorize DNA tests for a few of her patients.
“I was like, I did not order this, what is going on here? Then I got two in one day,” Redding said.
The patient told Redding that the lab called them asking for Medicare information and a list of their doctors — hoping one would just blindly authorize the paperwork. A quick search of the name — Reliable Results Lab, LLC — pulls up articles about doctors, civilians and the co-owners of the lab being indicted on Medicare and Medicaid fraud charges.