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Labcorp to Pay $19m to Settle Whistleblower Allegations
LABCORP AGREED TO SETTLE WHISTLEBLOWER ALLEGATIONS that it violated the False Claims Act by allowing its phlebotomists to draw blood from patients when the company allegedly knew kickbacks were behind the test orders for other lab firms. As part of the settlement, Labcorp in Burli…
New OIG Advisory Opinion Dubious of ‘Fair Market’
CEO SUMMARY: There is a new advisory opinion from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG). It reviewed a proposal in which a clinical lab network would pay fair market value to hospitals for specimen collection based on volume of patients tested. The OIG said this arrangement woul…
DOJ Charges Execs over Alleged Lab Kickbacks to Obtain Restitution
CEO SUMMARY: Multiple executives and sales representatives at True Health Diagnostics and Boston Heart Diagnostics have been named as defendants in a civil suit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice. The complaint centers on alleged kickbacks in return for clinical laboratory test…
Federal Prosecutors Describe Illegal Lab Bribes to Physicians
PATHOLOGISTS AND CLINICAL LAB MANAGERS SHOULD WELCOME every federal prosecution of a physician who accepts illegal bribes and inducements in exchange for laboratory test referrals. If physicians understood that federal prosecutors would file criminal charges against them for this behavior, fewer doct…
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Volume XXXI, No. 5 – April 8, 2024
The fragmentation of consumer markets is reflected in clinical lab services, and The Dark Report examines this trend and how it will impact labs in the coming years. Also, The Dark Report notes that the FDA has issued a controversial memo to reclassify many high-risk IVD assays.
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