CEO SUMMARY: This new Advisory Opinion from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) outlines a narrow situation in which it may be allowable for clinical laboratories to use gift cards to encourage patients to return specimens collected at home. However, one healthcare attorney advises labs to read the details of the OIG review carefully. Using […]
OIG’s Issues New Opinion on Use of Gift Cards for Lab Specimens
Advisory Opinion requested by lab firm that sought higher return rate of specimens from at-home patients
- By Scott Wallask
- > From the Volume XXX, No. 6 - April 17, 2023 Issue
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