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Clinical Laboratories Continue to Figure Less Prominently in New OIG Enforcement Report
From – G2 Compliance Advisor
The Office of Inspector General just published its most recent Semiannual Report to Congress. To the untrained eye, the newest OIG Report, which covers Oct. 1, 2016 through March 31, 2017, is not substantially different from…
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Should you be paying your staff overtime?
By Nick Hernandez bio
It is a recurrent challenge for human resource professionals: Determining whether an employee is exempt from the overtime requirements of the…
FDA Reports Progress in Advancing Regulatory Science for Diagnostics
From – Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently unveiled its FY 2015-2016: Regulatory Science Progress Report. The report, the second of its kind under the…
Palmetto Gives Okay to Medicare Coverage of 5 New Molecular Tests
From – Laboratory Industry Report
Medicare contractors are slowly coming around on covering unproven molecular assays. The most notable new baby steps come from, Palmetto GBA (Columbia, SC), one of Medicare’s most important contractors in the form of…
Compliance Scorecard: Significant New HIPAA Fines
From – National Intelligence Report
Health data and information security figured prominently in May enforcement activity. In addition to the blockbuster eClinicalWorks EHR software settlement discussed on page 3, there was an unusually high volume of…