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Medicare Rules Tighten Anatomic Path Mark-ups
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIV No. 16 – November 19, 2007 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Effective on January 1, 2008, new rules take effect that restrict the circumstances under which physicians can mark up the anatomic pathology services provided to their patients. However, ambiguities in how the rules are written are likely to make the intent of the new rules …
Path Group Responds to FBI Visits in Stokes Case
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIV No. 12 – August 27, 2007 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: As the FBI launched its investigation of fraudulent billing by Michigan dermatologist Robert W. Stokes, D.O., two years ago, staff at several pathology labs found themselves “up close and personal” with federal healthcare fraud prosecutors. One pathology lab, based on wha…
Are Feds Ready to Strike at TC/PC Arrangements?
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIV No. 12 – August 27, 2007 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Pathologists and laboratory directors will want to pay attention to the proposed rules published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on July 2, 2007. The document is a grab bag of proposals and rules that would significantly curb many common ancillary services a…
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