Tethys Bioscience

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Anonymous said:
I have been getting these bills for over a year, poorly written, bad grammar, quoting legal garbage that doesn't exist. I have been ignoring them. I have received a 3rd notice bill and won't be paying either. My husband just received his first bill for services in Sept 2012.

Anyone have a number of who to contact to get this shutdown??? Think of all the people who have actually paid theirs?!?!
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You need to file with your state's consumer protection office and the California Office of the Attorney General.
 






PatrickAlabama said:
Ive received the same letter in the mail. It was for $109, but the insurance company, and the tests listed were wrong. I did actually have the PreDX test through Tethys about 2 years ago, and at that time, my insurance company sent me a check which I sent to them. I have reply back from a billing manager at that time saying account was settled.

So Im not really concerned about these bogus letters they are sending. Im guessing its only a matter of time before FTC or attorney general gets involved. My only issue is, the person got my name, address, and the balance I owed, so who knows what other info this company may have had on me. Luckily, I also had Anthem Blue Cross, shopped at Target and Home depot, so my identity is already leaked and I have about 3 years of "identity protection" built up from those companies, which will protect me hopefully.

I did attempt to call the # after hours, and the voice mailbox was full. If you press the # key, it will send you to the voicemail directory, and you can listen to the names/companies who also use this service. Wonder if all those are scamers or what.
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"I did attempt to call the # after hours, and the voice mailbox was full. If you press the # key, it will send you to the voicemail directory, and you can listen to the names/companies who also use this service. Wonder if all those are scamers or what." The reason you get a list of companies is because the phone number is for a rent-an-office where individuals rent a room in an office building by the hour/day but are NOT actually working there day-in, day-out. Scammer love this type of "office" looking arrangements where the building's answering service acts as their staff.
 






Anonymous said:
I mean...you can continue to send letters and so on...it might make you feel better...but the end result is you’re most likely spinning your wheels. Of course, like the gentleman who’s a retired police officer, they’re your wheels to spin. The easiest way to deal with this is to write "return to sender - no one by this name at this address” on the envelope and drop it back in any mailbox.

All that said, I really don't think these characters care much about the BBB, FTC or any other organization. Just my opinion.
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You're right about the FTC not going to be concerned about a small con artist operation. I filed with the California Office of the Attorney General and got a letter back saying they are collecting the complaints and if legal action will be taken, the complaints will be evidence. I also filed with the Georgia (where I live) Office of Consumer Protection. They called me back and said that I did the right thing to file with the CA AG office. Meanwhile, they are also investigating the bogus bills because of my age and this may be a senior citizen con crime.
 












FYI- The following is from my physicians' office website (I live in GA)

*******TETHYS BILLS*******

TETHYS BILLS- If you are receiving a bill from TETHYS, please bring, mail, or email it to our

office. The patients are not responsible for paying these bills. If you have any questions,

please call AIM at....
 






Anonymous said:
FYI- The following is from my physicians' office website (I live in GA)

*******TETHYS BILLS*******

TETHYS BILLS- If you are receiving a bill from TETHYS, please bring, mail, or email it to our

office. The patients are not responsible for paying these bills. If you have any questions,

please call AIM at....
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Contact the Georgia Office of Consumer Protection (John Sours office), if you're a GA resident. Andrea (in the OCP) has done some investigation of this already.
 






My elderly Father-in-Law received a 3 year old bill from Tethy's about a week ago. Glad I found this info. I just submitted an online mail fraud report with the USPS.

I intend to return the payment envelope with a heaviest piece of floor tile I have on hand. I will also mark the envelope:

"Mail fraud report submitted to Postmaster concerning this PO box."

Best Regards,
Jerry
 






Everyone should send back the statements and tell them to "Shove them up Their Ass"
Flood their office with empty envelopes now that would be funny or better yet put a bunch of junk mail in the envelopes instead, because that is what I'm doing after receiving my 2nd notice today. The postage is Free so send away.
 












Yep, got one of these back in June for a test from July 2012! Thank goodness I found this thread! My insurance company paid them over 200 bucks and they are trying to bill me for another 250. They can take a flying leap! I filed complaints with the FTC and Florida Attorney General, and have called my former dr's office to inquire about what they are telling people, if they even know about it as they are super-lame, hence the "former." Thanks again, everybody!
 






In case anyone is interested, Demetria Wyatt is on LinkedIn as Demetria Wyatt-Davis. It shows her as Accounting Manager of Tethys Bioscience from December 2010 to present. What a joke.
 












anonymous said:
In case anyone is interested, Demetria Wyatt is on LinkedIn as Demetria Wyatt-Davis. It shows her as Accounting Manager of Tethys Bioscience from December 2010 to present. What a joke.
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Since Tethys Bioscience is no longer in business, my guess is that "present" means "not anymore".

In May 2014 Health Diagnostic Laboratory purchased Tethys Bioscience's assets, since they were cooperating with blood test research. Today, according to the August 4, 2015 issue of the Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch, "HDL received permission in July to explore a sale of its assets. It plans to solicit bids until Sept. 4 and hopes to get approval for any sale by mid-September." Health Diagnostic Laboratory is under chapter 11 bankruptcy until it can sell its assets to another business before shutting down. No company has expressed interest in Health Diagnostic Laboratory after losing a lawsuit brought by the DoJ for paying doctors to obtain blood sample for their research and after losing lawsuits brought by large health insurance companies, like Aetna.

PreDx was supposed to be able to predict type-2 diabetes via the blood test, which, to me, seemed like the A1C blood test. I, for one, have an A1C in the normal range after adhering to a healthy diet and daily vigorous exercise. I don't know if PreDx was intended to be like the BRAC1 test for breast cancer, but for type-2 diabetes which is largely a lifestyle disease, I never understood how it could predict type-2 diabetes with certainty. So, would any other laboratory want to even purchase Health Diagnostic Laboratory and/or its assets?
 






I received a bill from Tethys Bioscience for blood tests done over 4 years ago. My doctor tells me its illegal in our state to bill after 90 days but these guys are certified crooks! I believe that they were acquired by a collection company and now they are trying to find old debt or even old bills that insurance companies refused to pay and trying to get patients to pay.

Make sure you file an Attorney General Complaint ASAP and a Dept of Justice fraud complaint. Dont let them get away with this!
 






So I called TETHYS today and asked them for their address and thy gave me this:

672 West 11th St Suite 228 Tracy, CA 95376 209-229-7975

I checked this out and all it is, is one of these office suites where you rent a small office and use the common conference room and the common receptionist.

This smacks of total outright FRAUD.

DONT PAY THIS BILL!!
 












So glad for this thread. I called the number talked with some rude lady who informed me a contract between a drs office and tethys didn't exist. I have never not paid a bill and was starting to feel a little guilty so after getting this for about a year now I was about to give in and just pay it until I read all these complaints. I am going to try the return to sender approach and see if that works. I will follow up and let everyone know if it worked.
 






So, check out this response, I went to my state for help and all they did was send this crap back to them:

Tethys Bioscience Inc. dissolved the cooperation on December 23, 2013 and in accordance with Section 275 of Delaware’s General Corporation Law. Under Delaware law, a corporation may continue for a period of 3 years from the date of its dissolution—or longer if permitted by the Court of Chancery—to settle and close its business, and to discharge any of its liabilities, among undertaking other actions during this wind-up period. See 8 Del. C. § 278; see also Gamble v. Penn Val. Crude Oil Corp.,104 A.2d 257, 260 (Del. Ch. 1954). Tethys’ activities have been limited to the settling and closing of its business, particularly the collection of accounts due, since it filed its certificate of dissolution on December 23, 2013.

Should you have any questions regarding this correspondence, please contact our office directly at

209-229-7975.

Sincerely,

Demetria Wyatt-Davis

Controller

dwyatt@tethysbio.net

Direct: 209-229-7975

Fax: 510-740-4458

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I've been receiving these "bills" every 6 weeks or so for over a year. After I found this site, I began writing "Return to Sender" on the envelope and send it right back. I investigated this "company," and like others on this thread, I see that this person is trying to recoup some money because a government grant ran out to conduct the tests. Too bad, so sad. Today I have a "bill" with no return address! This is rich! I don't even open the envelopes anymore. I read enough poorly written junk these days...
 






After a half-dozen or so of these "bills", I finally got fed up and visited my doctor's office today. When I showed the secretary the bill, her shoulders slumped and she said "Not Tethys again!" She took the bill from me and pulled out a prepared letter to be faxed to Tethys instructing them of their contractual obligation that this was a "no cost to patients" test and to immediately cease and desist sending statements. She told me this has worked in all but one situation.

Apparently, Demetria Wyatt-Davis lives in a fantasyland where she can collect money from people fraudulently. Here's the reality: The contract with the doctors offices and medical groups specified that patients would not be billed for this test. Wyatt-Davis can send out whatever notices she likes, quote whatever legal cases she likes and make as many demands as she likes, but she has no authority to collect one red cent from anyone. She is not "closing the company's books" as she states, but rather attempting to defraud unsuspecting people out of tens of thousands of dollars. I certainly hope that at the end of this, she winds up doing some jail time. Sadly, given our society today, she'll probably get away scot-free.

If you are receiving these bills, your first stop should be your physician's office. They will likely have the means to get this harassment shut down immediately.
 






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