{"id":6014,"date":"2017-02-28T11:14:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T16:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6014"},"modified":"2017-02-28T11:14:34","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T16:14:34","slug":"swab-as-many-people-as-possible-genetic-lab-pays-doctors-to-push-dubious-tests-employees-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6014","title":{"rendered":"Swab as many people as possible\u2019: Genetic lab pays doctors to push dubious tests, employees say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Charles Piller for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"big-cap\">F<\/span>or doctors, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/3475304-STAT-Proove-Investigation-Documents.html#document\/p2\/a340190\" target=\"_blank\">the brochure<\/a><sup class=\"footnote\">1<\/sup> from a California medical laboratory sounded like easy money: $30 for every person enrolled in a study of genetic tests meant to help select the best pain medication for each patient. A typical physician could make $144,000 a year in \u201cresearch fees.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2017\/02\/28\/proove-biosciences-genetic-tests\/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9qL0sCf0eBLVRMi9PVXwwsUDqs__dqH_auIiQLAacxJwQILLLE075hWfOJwtUSI6bgdXEEndDL16M-1bpHd0lYcNtftA&amp;_hsmi=43527515\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"stat-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Charles Piller for STAT) For doctors, the brochure1 from a California medical laboratory sounded like easy money: $30 for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general","category-legal-actionscourt-decisions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6015,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6014\/revisions\/6015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}