New Laws: Very Quietly, Congress Doubles Penalties for Medicare Fraud & Abuse

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April 10, 2018

FOCUS ON
New Laws: Very Quietly, Congress Doubles Penalties for Medicare Fraud & Abuse
From - National Intelligence Report
Sneaky may be too strong a word. But what is fair to say is that the new hikes in federal health care fraud violation penalties have flown totally under the radar despite…
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		TESTING STRATEGY Testing Guidelines at a Glance From - Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies New Recommendations Simplify Testing for Chronic Kidney Disease In late February, The National Kidney Foundation, the American Society for Clinical Pathology, and leading laboratories and… Read More

NEW PRODUCTS
The Dx Pipeline: A Roundup of the Month's Key New Product Launches
From - Laboratory Industry Report
How about an Alexa for verbally querying genetic data? The Amazon Alexa-compatible "digital genetic assistant" from OptraGuru was among…
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OVERPAYMENTS
CMS to OIG: Get Back the $66.3 Million You Improperly Paid to Labs for Urine Validity Tests
From - G2 Compliance Advisor
As if times were not already tense enough for labs that bill Medicare for urine drug tests, the OIG ratcheted up the pressure another notch on…
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