For decades, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) has analyzed clinical laboratory business arrangements by asking how much compliance risk they pose. With the release of Advisory Opinion 26-02 on February 18, 2026, the watchdog agency offered a rare approval to a structure that has historically invited scrutiny: […]
Recent OIG Opinion Explores Lab-Urgent Care Arrangement
Watchdog agency issues favorable opinion when lab finances remain separate from urgent care clinic
- By Scott Wallask
- > From the Volume XXXIII, No. 6 - May 04, 2026 Issue
- Tags: Advisory Opinion 26-02, AKS, anti kickback statute, compliance risk, ehr, electronic medical record, Elizabeth Sullivan, Emily Johnson, HHS, lab risk & compliance, lab-provided phlebotomists, Legal Diagnosis, Management Services Organization, McDonald Hopkins, Medicare, MSO, MSO-laboratory model, MSO-owned laboratories, Office of Inspector General, OIG, US Department of Health and Human Services
