NU Online News Service, Jan. 21, 9:15 a.m. EST
State Farm has filed a federal lawsuit in South Florida alleging that a surgery center, its doctors, a medical manufacturer, and attorneys embarked on an intricate scheme to defraud the insurer out of $13 million.
The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Florida, accuses the group of working together to submit “fraudulent personal injury claims based upon medically unnecessary diagnostic procedures and percutaneous discectomies (PDs).”
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