People v. Duz-Mor Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc.

Opinion

ARMSTRONG, J.

This case concerns the marketing and billing practices and procedures of clinical laboratories which perform services for Medi-Cal beneficiaries. The Attorney General, acting on behalf of the People of the State of California, appellant here, alleged that one such laboratory, Duz-Mor Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc., violated the Unfair Competition Act1 (the Act) by charging discounted fees to certain patients, by paying commissions to an independent marketing contractor, and by “unbundling” Medi-Cal billing, so that certain tests which should have been billed together were *658bill…