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Medicare Reimbursement: MIPS Bonuses Are Easy to Earn, IF You Can Get into the Program
From - Lab Compliance Advisor
On July 11, CMS announced the results of 2018, Year 2 under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System…
Explaining the Legal News: Why ACLA Court Win Boosts Chances of PAMA Pricing Relief
From - Lab Compliance Advisor
By now, you've no doubt heard the news that the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) "won" its lawsuit against…
Case of the Month: FMC Settlement Is Poster Child for False Billing of Lab Tests
From - G2 Compliance Advisor
In the grand scheme of things, $2 million is fairly small potatoes for false billing of lab tests—especially considering that it allegedly…
That CAN’T Be Right: Court Says Labs Must Independently Verify Medical Necessity of M.D. Ordered Tests
From - G2 Compliance Advisor
Based on the enforcement track record, if your lab ever gets charged with falsely billing Medicare for lab tests, failure to document the…
Draft 2018 CLFS Reveals Fundamental Flaws in PAMA Reporting Exercise; Time to Take Action
By Lâle White bio
As XIFIN predicted, the PAMA reporting exercise has resulted in significant proposed laboratory fee cuts. In fact…
OIG Work Plan Monthly Review: August 2017
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Consortium Releases New Interoperability Standard for Lab IT Systems
From - G2 Compliance Advisor
With the release of a new information technology (IT) standard, the dream of true interoperability of electronic health care information has gotten…
Clinical Laboratories Continue to Figure Less Prominently in New OIG Enforcement Report
From - G2 Compliance Advisor
The Office of Inspector General just published its most recent Semiannual Report to Congress. To the untrained eye, the newest OIG Report, which covers Oct. 1, 2016 through March 31, 2017, is not substantially different from…
CMS Dished Out $729.4 Million in Wrongful EHR Incentive Payments & We’re Going to Get that Money Back
From - G2 Compliance Advisor
Wrongful payments of Electronic Health Records (EHR) incentives are at the focus of two of the month's biggest stories in health care compliance. The first came down on…
Medical Necessity Requirement Bites Anatomic Pathologists
By Robert Mazer bio
The DOJ has announced two separate settlements involving claims for allegedly unnecessary special stains…
Another Decision in the HDL Case Highlights Kickback Risks of Patient Responsibility Waivers Involving Private Payers
From - G2 Compliance Advisor
The Health Diagnostics Laboratory, Inc. (HDL) and Singulex saga continues. The latest chapter involves not the labs themselves but…