respiratory infection
US DOJ Resolves Two Lab Fraud Cases
In one, a North Carolina lab allegedly billed for unnecessary urine drug tests, and in the other a Californian women submitted fraudulent claims for respiratory pathogen testing.
Texas Lab Owner Charged in $79M Respiratory Panel Testing Fraud Scheme
According to the DOJ, Osman Syed submitted more than $79 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare and Texas Medicaid for RPP testing.
Investigators found that they could increase CNS infection diagnoses by using metagenomic next-generation sequencing to test cerebrospinal fluid samples.
The Temperature-Activated Generation of Signal (TAGS) technology was developed by Roche for its high-throughput PCR-based instruments.
Avelo, Vivolta, Blink Win €1.5M Grant for Breath-Based Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Test
The test will use a proprietary filter technology and a point-of-care digital PCR analyzer to detect pathogens and resistance genes, as well as distinguish bacterial and viral infections.