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At-Home, Smartphone-Based Urine Testing Now a Clinical Reality
From – Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies
In what has been called the “era of the medical selfie,” at-home, smartphone-based urine testing is now a reality. In a short timeframe, the…
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Q&A on Lab Waste Management
By Dan Scungio, MT (ASCP), SLS, CQA (ASQ) bio
Understanding the proper separation and disposal of the various waste types generated in the lab setting is an important piece of managing the…
Feds Continue Roundup of Physicians on Receiving End of Millennium Labs Test Cups Freebie
From – National Intelligence Report
The Millennium Laboratories free point of care test (POCT) cups scandal has been described as the biggest kickback scandal involving…
OIG Monthly Work Plan Review: November 2018
From – G2 Compliance Advisor
This month, there were six new Work Plan items, two of which have implications for at least some labs…
FDA Enabling New Point-of-Care Tests for Ebola Outbreak, Flu Season
From – Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies
Several recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) actions are bringing point-of-care (POC) infectious disease tests closer to…
Medicare Appeals: CMS Tries to Speed the Process & Unjam the Backlog
From – National Intelligence Report
On Oct. 2, CMS proposed revisions to rules for appealing adverse Medicare claim determinations (Proposed Rules). The goal is to speed the process that…