Opal Mullings and Optimum Faith Lab Corp. Were Excluded for 10 Years

Effective September 3, 2025, OIG excluded Optimum Faith Lab Corp. and its owner Opal Mullings (collectively, “Optimum”) from participation in all Federal health care programs for a period of 10 years under 42 U.S.C. 1320a-7(b)(7). The exclusions were imposed based on Optimum’s submission of claims for: (1) mileage under HCPCS Code P9603 that were improperly inflated in excess of the actual mileage driven by phlebotomists, not properly prorated, or both; (2) travel allowance when only a fingerstick blood draw was performed, which are not payable collections under Medicare rules; and (3) claims for travel allowance and laboratory services (i.e., clotting tests, catheterizations, venipunctures and A1C tests) that were never rendered.