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Feds Nail Doctors for Accepting Bribes from Labs
HALLELUJAH! FOUR DOCTORS IN NEW JERSEY HAVE PLEADED GUILTY to federal criminal charges of accepting bribes from Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services (BLS), the clinical lab company in Parsippany, New Jersey. Can any of you remember the last time that a federal prosecutor pursued crimina…
Four Docs Plead Guilty In N.J. Lab Bribery Case
CEO SUMMARY: As of July 24, four New Jersey doctors had pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges. Each of the doctors accepted bribes in exchange for referring patient lab testing to Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services (BLS) of Parsippany, New Jersey. This landmark criminal prosecution in…
Four California Labs Sue Quest and Three Insurers
CEO SUMMARY: Allegations of anticompetitive and monopolistic behaviors that violate state and federal laws are the basis of a private lawsuit filed by four independent clinical lab companies in California. The defendants are Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, Aetna, Blue Shield of California…
Florida Law Better Defines Lab Marketing Violations
CEO SUMMARY: Despite clear language in Florida’s new state law that bans the placement of laboratory employees in a physicians’ office, some clinical lab companies want to continue the practice of placing specimen collectors in physicians’ offices. These opinions were voiced by lab …
In Florida, New Law Bans Certain Lab Sales Practices
CEO SUMMARY: Florida law has long prohibited clinical laboratories from giving kickbacks and other forms of remuneration to physicians to induce specimen referrals. Specifically, state regulations have prevented labs from placing specimen collectors in physicians’ offices. Despite these…
Former Lab CEO Explains Why He Filed Lawsuit
CEO SUMMARY: It may be the first time that a former public laboratory CEO has turned whistleblower. Andrew Baker, formerly Chairman and CEO of Unilab Corporation in the 1990s, filed a qui tam case in federal court last year that centers on the practice of lab companies offering private he…
Pathology Group Establishes Lab Test Exchange Networks
CEO SUMMARY: After several decades of steadfastly maintaining their independence from other pathology groups in their community, progressive hospital-based pathology groups are beginning to create regional laboratory testing networks. These collaborations generally start small an…
In South Carolina, TC/PC May Be “Misconduct”
CEO SUMMARY: Last month, the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners advised all physicians in the state that certain arrangements for technical component/professional component (TC/PC) services between referring physicians and pathologists may be in violation of state law. The…
EMR Donations, Client Bill Issues in Anatomic Path
CEO SUMMARY: In today’s market for anatomic pathology services, local pathology practices are facing tough competition from national pathology companies that are quite aggressive at using EHR donations and discounted client bill arrangements to win new clients. Attorney Jane Pi…
New Clinical Lab Trends To Shape Events in 2010
CEO SUMMARY: In presenting this list of macro trends for clinical laboratories, several themes are in play. They range from a continued emphasis on improving lab operations to the need to acquire and deploy sophisticated information technology. During the next few years, the long…
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Volume XXXI, No. 5 – April 8, 2024
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