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Revised Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute Rules Are Good News for Labs

TDR Insider / By Robert Michel

This is an excerpt of a 1,385-word article in the March 22, 2021 issue of THE DARK REPORT (TDR). The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: The Dark Report explains how changes to the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute will benefit labs, according to attorneys representing clinical labs and pathology …

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Feds Revise Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute

Laboratory Compliance / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: It is essential that all clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups understand major changes in two new federal rules that take effect next month. Revisions to the Physician Self-Referral Law (also known as the Stark Law) and the Anti-Kickback Statue will have wide-ranging effects on how clinical labs engage in value-based and care-coordination …

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New Opioid Law Goes Beyond – Far Beyond – Anti-Kickback Statute

TDR Insider / By Mary Van Doren

CEO SUMMARY: At the last minute, Congress added all clinical laboratories to a far-reaching provision in the newly-enacted Support for Patients and Communities Act. Unlike the Anti-Kickback Statute, this provision applies to all payers, both government and private, and offers no safe harbors. Lab experts say this new law could turn relatively innocuous and heretofore …

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Important Court Rulings & Pending New Federal Law

Commentary and Opinion by R. Lewis Dark / By R. Lewis Dark

IMPORTANT THINGS ARE HAPPENING WITH COURT DECISIONS AND PROPOSED FEDERAL LEGISLATION that will affect a substantial number of the nation’s clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups. In this issue of The Dark Report, you’ll be alerted to those developments we think will have the biggest impact on laboratory compliance and legal risk. The first of …

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Understanding Key Parts of New AKS, Stark Law Rules

Laboratory Compliance / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Both the federal Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute have been revised and the final rules became effective on Jan. 19. The good news for clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups is that federal regulators from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the Inspector General made it a goal …

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Labs May Be Excluded from Revised Stark Law, AKS Rules

TDR Insider / By Mary Van Doren

This is an excerpt of a 1,460-word article in the Jan. 6, 2020 issue of THE DARK REPORT (TDR). The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: Here are early insights about a federal compliance reform that has not gotten much attention among clinical laboratory and anatomic pathology managers. …

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New Opioid Law Hits Labs Paying Sales Commissions

Laboratory Compliance / By Joseph Burns

CEO SUMMARY: At the last minute, Congress added all clinical laboratories to a far-reaching anti-kickback provision in the newly-enacted Support for Patients and Communities Act. This provision applies to all payers, both government and private. Lab experts say this new law could have a negative effect on patient care because it could make relatively innocuous …

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Former HDL CEO Mallory Sues Richmond Law Firm

Laboratory Management / By Joseph Burns

CEO SUMMARY: It’s a case of the client turning on the law firm. The former CEO of Health Diagnostic Laboratory is suing the law firm that advised her and her lab company on major legal matters. LeClairRyan of Richmond, Va., previously settled certain allegations with HDL’s bankruptcy trustee for $20.375 million. Now Mallory hopes to …

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Health Diagnostics Laboratory lawsuit seeks $600M; will it establish a new precedent?

TDR Insider / By Mary Van Doren

This is an excerpt from a 1,350-word article in the September 26 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete article is available for a limited time to all readers, and available at all times to paid members of the Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: It’s never been done before, and the Health Diagnostics Laboratory lawsuit is …

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Isn’t It Time for More Criminal Prosecutions of Lawbreakers?

Laboratory Billing / By R. Lewis Dark

WILL FEDERAL PROSECUTORS BE PLAYING ANOTHER ROUND of the game “whack a mole” with some of the same principals and clients of Health Diagnostic Laboratory and Bluewave Healthcare Consultants? These are individuals who figured prominently in the ongoing federal whistleblower cases alleging fraud, kickbacks, and unnecessary testing at the lab company based in Richmond, Virginia.

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