DEVELOPING: Flawed work by the TestUtah initiative run by Nomi Health poses an imminent threat to public health and safety, federal investigators concluded earlier this month.
At one TestUtah site in January, an inspector saw a “pile” of processed rapid tests ignored for an hour and a half, even though results are only valid for a 5-minute window.
In an interview Wednesday about complaints investigated by the Utah Department of Health, Nomi Health co-founder and chief operating officer Josh Walker said many of the state’s recent complaints were “hearsay or anecdotal” and difficult to run down. “It was determined that the deficient practices of your laboratory pose immediate jeopardy to patient health and safety,” inspectors with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wrote.
Thursday is the final day for residents to be tested at TestUtah under state contracts, though some sites are scheduled to remain open for testing for private insurance companies. The state’s complaint logs, obtained by The Tribune, show patients, site employees and health officials have been raising concerns about TestUtah for months, while the state poured millions into its contracts with Orem-based Nomi Health.
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