uBiome

Business model

At-home microbiome testing kits, billed repeatedly to insurance without adequate clinical necessity documentation.

In brief

Sold at-home gut microbiome test kits, then aggressively billed insurers for follow-up tests without clear clinical justification. An FBI raid on its offices in 2019 revealed the founders had continued this billing practice despite internal warnings, and the company filed for ban…

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