Samantha's mobile lab scheme is best described as which?

• A. Front organization
• B. DME fraud
• C. Fictitious provider
• D. Rolling lab

Answer: (D)

Rolling lab describes a mobile laboratory that travels from site to site to collect specimens and bill for tests as if those tests were performed at the location visited. The telltale feature is the mobility—testing is conducted across multiple locations to project a high volume of claims while making detection harder, often with referrals from physicians who are paid to direct patients to the lab. This setup allows inflated or unnecessary testing to be billed to Medicare/Medicaid under various providers, while the actual work is centralized or not truly tied to each location. The other terms refer to different fraud constructs, such as a shell front organization, a fake provider, or fraudulent durable medical equipment, which do not capture the moving-lab dynamic described here.