Under Florida law, it is illegal for a lab or a health-care provider either to offer or to pay a commission, a bonus or a bribe for the referral of patients.
Court records show that some providers have ordered multiple urine tests each week for these patients and then billed their insurance companies for thousands of dollars in reimbursement payments. The providers then have kicked back some of that reimbursement money to whoever made the referral.
State records list that Lola Recovery Ventures LLC was formed in May 2017 and dissolved in September 2019. Julius Whigham II is a criminal justice and public safety reporter for The Palm Beach Post. You can reach him at jwhigham@pbpost.com and follow him on Twitter at @JuliusWhigham. Help support our work: