Insurers’ Claims Of Fraudulent Billing For COVID Tests Survive Dismissal Motion

Mealey's (December 6, 2022, 7:27 AM EST) -- NEWARK, N.J. — Health insurers adequately allege their claims of insurance fraud, common-law fraud and negligent misrepresentation to survive a motion to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b) by asserting that two radiology laboratories and other entities connected with several doctors participated in “a series of fraudulent schemes” to fraudulently bill for COVID-19 testing, a federal judge in New Jersey found....