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 what it learned, decided to revamp its compliance program. It ceased deep discounts […]
Path Group Responds to FBI Visits in Stokes Case
Dermatopathology lab chooses to cease deeply discounted client billing after FBI visits
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XIV No. 12 - August 27, 2007 Issue
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