Wisconsin Health System Settles Stark Claims for $12 Million Case: In a case that began as a whistleblower suit, a company affiliated with Advocate Aurora Health, Inc. has agreed to pay $12 … [Read more...]
COURT CASES
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
January 15, 2019
LEGISLATION
Compliance Alert: New Private-Pay Opioid Law Puts All Drug Addiction & Rehab Labs at Risk of Federal Prosecution
January 7, 2019
Recent federal legislation addressing the opioid crisis may have unintended consequences on the lab industry. The idea was to allow the feds to prosecute a certain kind of abuse banned by the … [Read more...]
CONSUMER FRAUD
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
December 31, 2018
Molecular Lab Vigorously Denies But Pays $1.8 Million to Settle Fraud Charges Case: The feds claim that Molecular Testing Labs, a toxicology and genetics lab in Washington State, paid local labs … [Read more...]
UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT
You Make the Call: Incentivizing MDs to Order More Early Screening Tests
December 17, 2018
A Managed Care Organization (MCO) wants to pay providers incentives to increase early and periodic screenings, diagnostic and treatment (EPSDT) services to Medicaid patients. Payments are capitated, … [Read more...]
COURT CASES
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
December 14, 2018
Owner of MD Practices Settles Fraud Charges for $3.07 Million Case: Individual physicians implicated in frauds committed by the practices and clinics they own is this month's predominant theme. … [Read more...]
COMPLIANCE GUIDANCE
Compliance Perspectives: Avoid Kickback Liability by Steering Clear of MD Processing Fees
December 10, 2018
Editor's Note: Two months ago, we talked about paying referring physicians a fee for collecting and processing blood, urine, tissue and other specimens. (G2 Compliance Advisor, Oct. 9, 2018, p. 1). … [Read more...]
ENFORCEMENT
Feds Continue Roundup of Physicians on Receiving End of Millennium Labs Test Cups Freebie
December 3, 2018
The Millennium Laboratories free point of care test (POCT) cups scandal has been described as the biggest kickback scandal involving lab services in history. And its legacy has now entered a new … [Read more...]
CONSUMER FRAUD
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
November 28, 2018
New York Doctor Busted for Falsely Billing Medicaid for Lab Drug Tests Case: The State claims that the physician billed for $939,000 worth of drug testing services that his lab didn't and … [Read more...]
COURT CASES
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
November 16, 2018
Abbott Pays $25 Million to Settle TriCor Kickback & Off-Label Marketing Claims Case: The case began when a sales rep accused Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie Inc. of paying kickbacks to induce or … [Read more...]
PATIENT SAFETY
Lab CEO Pleads Guilty to Distributing Medically Unnecessary Opioids
November 12, 2018
Case: The CEO of Tri-County Wellness Group and owner of labs and pain clinics in Michigan and Ohio, pleaded guilty to criminal charges for his role in $300 million health care fraud scheme involving … [Read more...]
