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New FDA LDTs Guidance Offers Useful Summary, But Questions Remain
Recently released document for small labs offers a more digestible version of the final rule requirements but still lacks key details
EHR Technology Vendor Settles Kickback Charges for $18.25 Million
Case: Athenahealth Inc., a Massachusetts-based EHR software vendor has agreed to fork over $18.25 million to settle charges of paying kickbacks to generate sales. The DOJ complaint cites three marketing programs that allegedly crossed the line: A “Concierge Events”...
Simply Ordering Tests Doesn’t Make Departing Physician Liable for Failure to Diagnose and Treat
Case: A Wisconsin inmate sued the prison’s medical staff for failing to diagnose and treat his hepatitis C infection. Among the defendants was the physician who ordered the lab tests revealing the extremely high level of liver enzymes in the inmate’s blood. So,...
Theranos Redux? Feds Target New Silicon Valley Diagnostics Start-Up Investment Scam
Case: Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against the co-founders of a San Francisco biotechnology start-up firm with defrauding investors by making bloated claims about a revolutionary diagnostics product. No, it’s not Theranos, but uBiome Inc, a...