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Federal Court Reverses Conviction in AKS Case

CEO SUMMARY: A federal appeals court has overturned the conviction of an operator of a durable medical equipment company who was accused of violating the Anti-Kickback Statute. A marketing company’s lack of true influence over decision-making related to the case seemed t…

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June 2, 2025, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News

Our sibling publication, G2 Intelligence, reported in May about a new Department of Justice (DOJ) memorandum that indicated prosecutors will seek to exercise fairness when deciding how to pursue fraud cases against clinical laboratories and other organizations. The DOJ emphasiz…

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OPKO Settles Allegations of Fraudulent Billing

DEMONSTRATING THAT EVEN ROUTINE TESTS CAN CAUSE LEGAL HEADACHES for clinical laboratories, the U.S….

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Quest Acquires ‘Select Assets’ of Fresenius Medical Care

FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE AND QUEST DIAGNOSTICS AGREED TO A DEAL in which Quest will provide laboratory testing services for the latter’s dialysis clinics in the United States. Separately, Quest Diagnostics will acquire “select assets” of Spectra Labora…

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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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