Some teachers said they were sued despite having signed over checks to Praxis. The attorney handling those suits for Praxis did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. The first suits were filed in mid-December, and another batch was filed Christmas Eve, when district employees were off for the holidays, according to court records. Within weeks, teachers said they were served with lawsuits demanding $10,000 each for not paying the testing invoices. Praxis says in court filings that the employees signed paperwork agreeing they would provide the checks to the company before being tested. Then Praxis mailed out invoices demanding that Hamilton district employees pony up the unpaid amounts within 30 days of receiving the bills otherwise they’d be taken to court. One district employee said workers at the testing center began handing out unofficial-looking bills to teachers each time they went to get swabbed. Staffers said they became suspicious of Praxis when they learned their insurance was billed hundreds of dollars at a time for “doctor visits” and “physical therapy” sessions rather than COVID-19 screening visits that took minutes to complete. Teachers said they were told not to sign over checks, worth between $500 to $5,000 made out to individual district employees, to Praxis while Horizon investigated the company’s billing discrepancies. Rocco said out-of-network provider Praxis was selected because it provided “timely testing services and results” for the 23-school district with nearly 12,000 students.Īnd, he said, no one in the district was connected to the company, as many teachers speculated. The site eventually moved indoors to a space that was too small to safely handle testing, the suit claims. Contributed PhotoHamilton Superintendent of Schools Scott Rocco
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