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August 2023

Online Exclusive: Robert Michel Discusses Three Notable Items from AACC Meeting

ROBERT MICHEL, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE DARK REPORT, attended Julyā€™s American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Scientific Meeting in Anaheim, California. In this video from the exhibit hall, Michel noted three important changes at the conference. Ā  Among Michelā€™s observations were the following: Name change. ā€œThis is the last year that this is the AACC …

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OIG Says Billing Code 81408 Is at Risk of ā€˜Improperā€™ Payment

Clinical laboratories may have heard billing code 81408 referred to as ā€œfraudomatic,ā€ and now the Office of Inspector General (OIG) has attached a remarkable number to this problem: $888 million over four years. Payers now have an even greater reason to inspect 81408 claims from genetic testing labs. Reaffirming past reporting here and elsewhere, a …

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