Feds, State File Suit Against Pain Specialists

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The complaint details medically unnecessary and excessive testing, including a standing order to automatically conduct quantitative drug testing, specimen validity testing, genetic blood testing, and psychological testing on virtually all patients, regardless of individual patient risks or need. Read a story from Pain News Network and a Department of Justice press release.

 

 

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