Enforcement Trends: OIG Calls Out CMS for Not Preventing Medicare Genetic Testing Overpayments
Inadequate CMS oversight resulted in $888.2 million in improper payments for the highest reimbursing molecular pathology genetic tests, report says.
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Enforcement Trends: The Urine Drug Testing Crackdown and Three Ways to Avoid It
False billing of urine drug tests (UDTs) continues to be a focus for enforcement agencies in 2023, here’s how to avoid compliance issues.
OIG Semi-Annual Report Calls Out Drug, Genetic, and COVID-19 Testing Fraud
These three lab testing areas were the main sources of fraud and abuse revealed in the OIG’s latest Semi-Annual Report to Congress.
New Lawsuit Tests Limits of Medical Malpractice in Age of Precision Medicine
From - National Intelligence Report
One patient claims it is and wants $1.8 million in damages because she never got it…
Enforcement Trends: 5 Takeaways from OIG’s New Semiannual Report
From - National Intelligence Report
Veteran OIG semiannual report aficionados will find little in the most recent edition to distinguish it markedly from its predecessors. But while a new…
Millennium Labs Bankruptcy Plan Stays on Track despite Lender Opposition
From - National Intelligence Report
It has been nearly two years since Millennium went into Chapter 11 but the case continues to make news. After agreeing to…
FDA Watch: Agency Moves to Boost CLIA Waiver Transparency
From - National Intelligence Report
The CLIA standards that a lab must meet are based on the complexity of the in vitro diagnostic tests it…
Labs In Court: A roundup of recent cases and enforcement actions involving the diagnostics industry
From - National Intelligence Report
Case: Next Health is in a legal fight for its life. Earlier this year, the feds indicted two officials of the Dallas lab company for accepting $190,000 in bribes in exchange for…
New Fraud Takedown Shows that Coordinated Enforcement Remains Alive & Well under Trump
From - National Intelligence Report
Last year at this time, the Justice Department announced the results of a nationwide takedown involving "the most defendants charged and largest alleged loss amount in…