Federal jury finds laboratory owner guilty of six criminal counts after prosecutors establish that millions were billed for unauthorized respiratory tests involving nursing home residents. BALTIMORE, MD – October 20, 2026 (STL.News) A federal jury in Maryland has convicted a laboratory owner of orchestrating an $18.7 million Medicare fraud scheme that exploited nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, billing the federal health insurance program for expensive respiratory tests that physicians never ordered and, in numerous cases, were never performed. Patrick Britton-Harr, 42, of Annapolis, Maryland, was found guilty Monday, October 19, of five counts of health care fraud and
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