Laboratory services billings are reviewed
Laboratory services billings are reviewed Gambro has learned that the billing records of its laboratory services division are being reviewed as part of an effort by Medicare and the State of Florida to review the billing practices of laboratories that provide testing for end stage renal disease patients. The laboratory that was acquired by Gambro in 1997, formerly operated under the name of Vivra Laboratory Services, has been informed by its Medicare carrier that it suspects that the laboratory has been overpaid for services provided prior to December 1, 1996. The specific focus on the