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Negotiating Path Contracts with Hospitals, Third Parties

PART THREE OF A SERIES TO HELP ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY GROUPS THRIVE AND PROSPER during these challenging times, The Dark Report presents this third installment in a series that identifies clinical, operational, and financial strategies pathology groups…

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Federal Lawsuit Favors Lab Accused of AKS Violations

CEO SUMMARY: This whistleblower lawsuit initially charged a clinical lab with, among other things, violating the Anti-Kickback Statute and EKRA. After the judge ruled to exclude the AKS and EKRA claims, the whistleblower refiled the case and included claims the lab paid commissions for th…

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Multi-year Prison Sentence for Genetic Test Fraud

CEO SUMMARY: In recent years, federal prosecutors are filing ever greater numbers of civil actions and criminal indictments against individuals accused of healthcare fraud and abuse. This includes prosecutions of doctors alleged to have received illegal kickbacks from lab companies in exc…

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Once Again, Congress Acts to Defer Medicare Lab Fee Cuts

LAST MONTH, CONGRESS ONCE AGAIN DEFERRED MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT CUTS OF UP TO 15% f…

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Federal Cases against Labs Result in Convictions

CEO SUMMARY: Over the past 24 months, federal prosecutors have announced a steady parade of criminal convictions, guilty pleas, and settlement agreements involving fraud and clinical laboratory testing. Not only are these cases numerous, but some resolve legal actions initiated by the fed…

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Physicians Tempted by Lure of In-Office Labs, Payers Balk

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Federal Prosecution of Lab Test Fraud & Abuse

SOMETHING NEW AND DIFFERENT IS HAPPENING WITH THE ENFORCEMENT OF FRAUD AND ABUSE LAWS by the federal Department of Justice (DOJ). The number of cases being filed has increased over recent years. In turn, that means an increase in press releases announcing criminal convictions, guilty…

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Assessing the Clinical Service & Revenue Issues of the LDT Rule

BARRING INTERVENTION BY FEDERAL COURTS OR THE U.S. Congress, clinical labo…

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HHS Issues Final Rule to Deal with Information Blocking

ANY HEALTHCARE PROVIDER DETERMINED TO HAVE COMMITTED “INFORMATION BLOCKING” can now be asse…

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Several Times, Feds Tried to ‘Redirect’ Lab Activities

CEO SUMMARY: Regulation of laboratory developed tests (LDTs) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may turn out to be one of the most impactful federal laws or regulations ever promulgated, so far as it pertains to clinical laboratories.cThe Dark Report provides this historical look b…

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