Osman Syed, also known as Syed Osman, the owner and operator of BioDX Labs LLC, was charged in connection with his role in a $79 million respiratory pathogen panel (RPP) testing fraud scheme where the tests were not provided and were medically unnecessary. According to court documents, Osman used the personal identifying information of a physician, without the physician’s knowledge or consent, to cause the submission of millions of dollars in claims to Medicare and Medicaid for RPP tests for beneficiaries and recipients, even though the physician had no prior relationship with them, was not treating them for respiratory symptoms, and did not use the tests to treat them. Read a story from Becker’s Hospital Review and a Department of Justice press release.