
High Billing by Labs Continues to Be Trigger for Audits
As we move further into 2023, COVID-19, add-on, and genetic tests will likely remain targets for federal regulators.
As we move further into 2023, COVID-19, add-on, and genetic tests will likely remain targets for federal regulators.
In a new practice guideline, the group also “strongly recommends” that NIPS be offered to patients to screen for fetal SCA.
Case is a recent example of the trend toward Medicare schemes involving telehealth, cancer genetic testing, and kickbacks.
The new practice guideline also recommends NIPS to screen for fetal sex chromosome aneuploidy.
While most recent cases were the usual FCA and kickback-related issues, one involved the mischarging of federal grants by two biotech companies and their co-founder.