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Reporting Noncompliance in Clinical Labs Requires the Right Channels and Culture
A lawyer advises medical laboratories on how to improve their avenues for reporting unethical behavior
Next Steps: With LDT Final Rule Now Null, Industry Groups Urge Lab Managers and Pathologists to Advocate for Change
CAP and AMP officials weigh in on plans to push for a legislative- or CLIA-based approach to future LDT oversight
OIG Work Plan Monthly Review: May 2018
From - G2 Compliance Advisor
Of the seven new Work Plan items, none directly impact labs and lab services. However, one item on Medicare Part B reimbursement of outpatient cardiac and…
PAMA-Geddon: Lab Industry Takes CMS to Court
From - G2 Compliance Advisor
The nearly three-year struggle between HHS and the lab industry over PAMA has entered a new phase. On December 11, the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) filed…
New Bill Would Make Lab Employees Criminally Liable for Concealing Data Breaches
From - G2 Compliance Advisor
While massive data breaches have existed as long as massive data itself, legal accountability for organizations that commit them is…
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
From - G2 Compliance Advisor
Case: The feds charged Mercy Hospital with overbilling Medicare and MaineCare for urinalysis tests. Rather than risk a trial, Mercy has agreed to…
OIG Calls on CMS to Do Better at Medicare Collecting Overpayments
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Beware of Accidental Discrimination in Lab Job Ads
From - G2 Compliance Advisor
Before civil rights laws, job ads like these were seen as perfectly normal. Today, employers aren't allowed to post job ads with phrases that exclude or express preferences based on…
OIG Work Plan Monthly Review: September 2017
From - G2 Compliance Advisor
Many of the 12 new items that the OIG added to its 2017 Work Plan in September target state and federal government agencies, including the…
Tool: Model Hotline Allegations Investigation Procedure
From - G2 Compliance Advisor
The OIG Model Compliance Plan for Clinical Laboratories requires labs to establish mechanisms for not only receiving but promptly investigating…