While it doesn’t directly relate to billing and reimbursement, federal civil rights laws have an impact on certain aspects of lab operations. These laws ban your lab from discriminating on the basis … [Read more...]
Compliance
New Laws: New HHS Policy Makes Labs Potentially Liable for LGBTQ Discrimination
May 19, 2021
COMPLIANCE
Medicare Reimbursement: CMS Finalizes Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment Changes for 2018
November 30, 2017
With all of the PAMA commotion, the 2018 Medicare Hospital and Ambulatory Surgical Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule has flown under the radar. In case you don't feel like … [Read more...]
FOCUS ON
EHR: Window Closes on Meaningful Use Exemptions as Congress Seeks to Make Future Compliance Easier
November 6, 2017
October has been a big month for meaningful use compliance. Oct. 1: Deadline "Hardship" Exemption Among the victims of the recent natural disasters are first-time participants in the … [Read more...]
BRIEF YOUR CEO
Help Your Lab Brace for Key Medicare Outpatient Reimbursement Changes
August 7, 2017
With the 2018 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) still in the works, CMS proposed changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) rules on July 13. There are three items … [Read more...]
LEGISLATION
New Laws: House Bans Firing Whistleblowers for Disobeying Orders to Break the Law
June 14, 2017
It's clearly against the law to fire an employee in retaliation for filing a whistleblower suit against your lab. So it goes without saying that the ban on retaliation also prevents you from firing an … [Read more...]
COMPLIANCE PERSPECTIVES
How Much Time Does OSHA Have to Cite Labs for Recordkeeping Violations?
June 5, 2017
GROUND RULE OSHA Recordkeeping Regulations (Section 1904.33) require labs and other employers to retain accurate illness and injury records) for 5 years. OSHA has a 6-month window to issue … [Read more...]
IMMIGRATION
Revised Travel Ban Issued
March 13, 2017
We recently outlined the major effects and the steps you can take to manage the impact of the travel ban executive order (See G2 Compliance Advisor, February 2017). Although that guidance was based on … [Read more...]
NEWS
The 6 Things Labs Need to Know About the Trump Travel Ban
February 28, 2017
Although the first Trump travel ban didn't survive, a new version is already in the works. Although we don't yet know the details, the expectation is that the new travel ban will look a whole lot like … [Read more...]
