Medicare beneficiaries are being targeted by scammers offering free genetic testing in exchange for sensitive information, according to the Better Business Bureau June 11. The organization reported a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Orleans nurse practitioner Scharmaine Lawson Baker was convicted for her role in a $12.1 million Medicare swindle involving ...

If you’re approached by someone who offers “free” genetic testing or cancer screening, turn them down. Medicare doesn’t cover such tests unless a doctor who’s treating you orders them and they’re ...

A new coverage determination will prevent Medicare patients with certain cancers from accessing genetic testing, a move that advocates and testing companies say will severely limit early interventions ...

Information from whistleblowers at two Knoxville medical offices over unnecessary genetic tests led to a settlement with the federal government over false claims and fraud. The U.S. Attorney's office ...

Medicare expects doctors to approve care only after real checkups. Dr. Timothy Sutton did not follow that standard. For ...

Last year, Jean Bound received a package with COVID tests that she hadn’t ordered. She called the company whose name was on the packing list to say she hadn’t ordered them. In response, she was told ...