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CMS Advisory Opinion 2017-01 Approves Pop-up Alerts to Physicians Through Online Laboratory Portal

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A clinical laboratory has received a green light from CMS to offer pop-up notifications alerting physicians of various potential issues (Laboratory Alerts) through its web-based portal for ordering and reporting results of...more

King & Spalding

OIG Report Recommends Increased Scrutiny of Over 1000 Laboratories With Questionable Billing for Medicare Part B Clinical...

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According to a recently released report by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG), over 1,000 labs had unusually high billing for Medicare Part B Clinical Laboratory Services for dates of service in 2010. Increased...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

OIG Sticks It to Physician Specimen Collectors

On June 25, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of the Inspector General ("OIG") issued a Special Fraud Alert updating the previous guidelines concerning compensation by clinical laboratories to referring...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

OIG issues Special Fraud Alert on laboratory payments to referring physicians

The Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a Special Fraud Alert on laboratory payments to referring physicians. Specifically, the alert is concerned with Specimen Processing...more

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OIG Special Fraud Alert Questions Laboratory Payments to Physicians

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On June 25, 2014, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert addressing the issue of remuneration offered and paid by laboratories to referring physicians. The Special Fraud Alert expands upon...more

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