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Legal Briefs Explain Problems with PAMA Implementation
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 6 – April 16, 2018 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Several developments have moved the case forward since December when the American Clinical Laboratory Association filed suit in federal court against the Department of Health and Human Services. Inrecent weeks, ACLA filed for summary judgment; HHS responded with its own reque…
Newsmaker Interview: Healthcare’s Transformation Now Bringing Changes to Lab Industry
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 3 – February 12, 2018 Issue
“Today, patients want to get diagnosis and treatment faster with fewer visits to the doctor’s office. They want speedier and more comprehensive delivery of clinical services, be it laboratory tests, imaging, or other procedures.” …
Allegations in UHC health insurance fraud case involve multiple defendants
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXV No. 2 – January 22, 2018 Issue
This is an excerpt from a 5,000-word article in the January 22, 2018, 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. …
Allegations of Lab Test Fraud Involve Multiple Defendants
By Pamela Scherer McLeod | From the Volume XXV No. 2 – January 22, 2018 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: UnitedHealth made national news when it filed a $100 million lawsuit against Next Health and other defendants in Dallas in January 2017. The insurer alleged fraud involving clinical laboratory tests. That lawsuit is just the latest chapter in an almost decade-long string of …
Aetna Sues Hospitals over Alleged Lab-Billing Scheme
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 17 – December 11, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In September, Aetna filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania accusing 14 defendants—including a hospital, a hospital management company, eight lab companies or lab management companies, two physicians, and two individuals—of defrauding Aetna, its client employers, and its members….
ACLA hits Medicare fee schedule cuts with lawsuit
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXIV No. 17 – December 11, 2017 Issue
This is an article from the Dec. 11, 2017 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete article is available for a limited time to all readers. This article plus a full analysis of 2017 developments in the PAMA process are available at all times to paid members of the Dark Int…
ACLA Sues HHS over Market Price Study, Fee Cuts
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXIV No. 17 – December 11, 2017 Issue
IT’S A LONG-AWAITED DEVELOPMENT! Today, a federal lawsuit was filed against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA). The lab association is asking a federal judge to review specific actions taken by …
LabCorp, Quest Open PSCs in Retail Stores
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 15 – October 30, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In the past year, both national laboratory companies have increased the number of patient service centers they operate in retail pharmacies and grocery stores. But these PSCs are not serving direct access testing (DAT) customers. Rather, early evidence indicates that patients…
Lab Associations Comment on CMS Actions, Lab Fees
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 14 – October 9, 2017 Issue
FOR THE LAB INDUSTRY, THE FEE CUTS proposed in the 2018 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule would be even more aggressive than what the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had earlier predicted for Medicare Part B. In the days following the Sept. 22 publication of the pr…
Proove Biosciences, Medicus Face Serious Fraud Charges
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXIV No. 13 – September 18, 2017 Issue
This is an excerpt from a 1,400-word article in the Sept. 18, 2017 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. …
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