Insurers Alleging $30M Overpayment Against COVID Testing Lab Amend Counterclaim

Mealey's ( May 15, 2026, 8:15 AM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — In a lawsuit brought by a medical testing lab seeking reimbursement from health insurers for COVID-19 testing, the insurers filed an amended counterclaim and third-party complaint seeking recoupment of $30 million they allegedly overpaid the lab after a New Jersey federal judge dismissed without prejudice state law claims by the insurers based on duplicative billing and billing for ancillary tests by the lab and the lab’s billing service....