Quest to Pay $1.15 Million for Self-Disclosed CMP Violations Case: Quest Diagnostics, Inc., New Jersey has agreed to fork over $1.151 million for a trio of Civil Monetary Penalties Law violations … [Read more...]
NEWS
Labs In Court:
A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
May 15, 2017
ENFORCEMENT
OSHA Fines Address Bloodborne Pathogen and Violence Hazards
March 20, 2017
Case: OSHA fined a Pennsylvania mental health hospital $32,158 for a trio of safety violations, including failing to protect nurses, medical technicians and other employees against workplace violence … [Read more...]
ENFORCEMENT
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
March 14, 2017
Family MD Faces Jail for Taking Blood Test Referral Bribes. Case: It took the jury just four hours to find a 79-year-old New Jersey family physician guilty of all 10 counts of accepting bribes from … [Read more...]
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
Zero Tolerance of Workplace Violence: From Moral Stand to Workable Policy
October 28, 2016
Although workplace violence has become an epidemic, health care settings are at especially high risk. One of the most popular approaches to the problem is the so-called "zero tolerance" … [Read more...]
LAB SAFETY
Don’t Overlook Bloodborne Pathogen Safety Issues
October 10, 2016
Violations of Medicare-related laws such as the Anti-Kickback Statute, self-referral law and the False Claims Act can cost laboratories and pathology groups potentially millions of dollars and thus, … [Read more...]
PATIENT SAFETY
List of Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns Implicates Lab-Related Issues
May 4, 2016
Four of the top 10 patient safety concerns, compiled from reports of more than 1.2 million safety events, literature review and expert opinion, have relevance for laboratories and diagnostics. ECRI … [Read more...]
News at a Glance – Feb 2016
February 18, 2016
Few Hospitals Planning for Precision Medicine. Except for academic medical centers, few hospital executives see personalized medicine playing a significant role at their organization, according to a … [Read more...]
