LINCOLN, Neb., June 10 -- The Nebraska attorney general issued the following opinion:
Attorney General Hilgers announced today a $4.87 million multistate settlement with GS Labs that resolves claims that the testing company overcharged patients, unlawfully charged administrative fees, and failed to deliver timely COVID-19 test results.
The multistate coalition investigated a number of problems with GS Labs's nationwide testing practices from 2020 through 2022, including that:
* GS Labs intentionally advertised inflated "cash prices" for COVID-19 tests, sometimes as high as $380 per test or nearly $1,000 for multi-panel tests, that were used to justify overcharging patients with insurance coverage. And while GS Labs offered a "discount" f...