SITUATION A local physician group in an underserved rural community wants to establish a telehealth capacity enabling it to examine and treat elderly patients who are observing social distancing or … [Read more...]
Quiz
Can Lab Give Medical Group Free Telehealth Equipment for Non-COVID Treatment and Diagnosis?
July 29, 2020
Beyond COVID-19
The 6 Hottest Lab Compliance Stories That Almost Nobody Is Paying Attention To
July 20, 2020
If not burnout, you may be suffering from a case of COVID-19 fatigue right now. And you’re not alone. The monster virus has seemingly consumed everything in its path over the past six months, … [Read more...]
Case of the Month
Feds Launch First COVID-19 Testing Fraud Prosecution
July 3, 2020
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. The DOJ has charged a publicly traded Silicon Valley med tech firm and its CEO with touting a sham finger stick blood test to defraud payors and rip off … [Read more...]
Quiz
Can Lab Lease Space for COVID-19 Testing to Referring Physician at Below-Market Rent?
June 3, 2020
SITUATION ABC Laboratories wants to help a local physician establish a desperately needed COVID-19 testing lab in the community. ABC is willing to lease her the necessary space and testing … [Read more...]
Labs In Court
A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
June 3, 2020
Whistleblower Lawsuit Can’t Start Until Criminal Investigation Ends Case: Two former MedComp Laboratory Sciences employees filed a whistleblower lawsuit accusing the lab of concocting an elaborate … [Read more...]
Brief Your CEO
The 18 Things You Can Do for COVID-19 that You Can’t Do for Other Testing
June 1, 2020
Blanket Waivers relaxing kickback law restrictions standing in the way of desperately needed COVID-19 tests continue to play a crucial role in the federal government’s response to the Public Health … [Read more...]
Labs In Court
A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
April 27, 2020
Florida Lab, Execs Settle False Billing of Urine Drug Test Charges for $41 Million Case: Prosecutors accused a Tampa reference lab, pain clinic and two former executives of billing Medicare, … [Read more...]
Coronavirus
OIG Temporarily Waives Anti-Kickback Restrictions for Certain COVID-19 Physician Arrangements
April 16, 2020
As it previously did with the Stark Law (See National Intelligence Report, NIR, March 25, 2020), the OIG is temporarily loosening Antikickback Statute (AKS) restrictions to clear the way for health … [Read more...]
Labs In Court
A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
March 30, 2020
SCOTUS Agrees to Step in and Resolve Obamacare Constitutionality Case: Before COVID-19, the health care issue that kept millions of Americans up at night was the future of the Affordable Care … [Read more...]
Labs In Court
WV Hospital & Marketer Accused of Elaborate Kickback Scam
March 23, 2020
Case: A new DOJ lawsuit accuses a West Virginia non-profit hospital and its business consultant of seeking to dominate the Ohio Valley market by bribing physicians for referrals. The scheme began in … [Read more...]
