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> suspicions uBiome was billing its client’s medical insurance providers multiple times without the prior knowledge or consent of their clients > Growth-hackin
by CGamesPlay 6y ago
> suspicions uBiome was billing its client’s medical insurance providers multiple times without the prior knowledge or consent of their clients
> Growth-hacking on the wild-west which is the internet is one thing, but when you try to use similar tactics in traditional, heavily regulated industries in developed, heavily regulated markets - that’s a recipe for disaster.
Was this growth-hacking or outright fraud? Are those the same thing?
- a_bonobo 6y agoOutright insurance fraud. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/06/ubiome-suspends-clinical-operations-after-fbi-raid.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/06/ubiome-suspends-clinical-ope... >In the months before the FBI search, the company would often bill insurance multiple times for its tests without patient consent, insiders told CNBC. In an interview, one customer, Marc Harris, told CNBC that he sent in two samples, but the $2,970 test was billed to his insurance five times.
- ooaudreyoo 6y agoIt happened to me. Billed my insurance double and sometimes triple for each test.