Drawing blood and feds' suspicion, too

Boston Heart Diagnostics has become the latest target in a federal investigation into possibly improper payments to physicians who send blood samples to labs to screen for heart disease, the Boston Globe reported. The Department of Justice initially investigated Health Diagnostic Laboratories in Virginia and is now expanding its inquiry to similar companies.

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