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G-2 Compliance Report is the monthly newsletter designed to guide hospital, lab, and pathology professionals in developing, implementing and revising compliance programs to meet federal standards.
In every issue, you’ll get practical advice and information you need to:
- Stay on top of fast-changing federal mandates Structure business arrangements to prevent fines
- Reduce exposure to whistleblower lawsuits
- Maintain public trust and thwart negative publicity
With the continued emphasis on healthcare fraud by the Justice Department and HHS Office of Inspector General —and record-setting fines and settlements—don’t take the risk of being caught unprepared for an investigation and audit.
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 | GCR July/August 2008 (full PDF issue) |
| Lab groups pin hopes on new Medicare bill
CLIA quality requirements: An emerging barrier for non-waived POLs
OIG warns labs against offering ‘freebies’
Hearing raises questions about order to stop testing
It’s 2008: Do you know where your select agents are? See Perspectives
Lab leadership award
News in brief
Full Article |
| CLIA Quality Requirements: An Emerging Barrier for Non-Waived POLs |
| In the last few years, moderately complex physician office labs (POLs) have undergone a rude awakening, discovering new CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988) quality requirements that take significant time and money to perform. The net result is that smaller POLs are giving up non-waived testing.
Full Article |
| Lab Groups Pin Hopes on New Medicare Bill |
| As GCR went to press, Democratic and Republican lawmakers were trying to work out differences between competing versions of Medicare legislation, both of which would repeal the Medicare laboratory competitive bidding demonstration project, extend the so-called "TC (technical component) grandfather clause," and avert a 10.1 percent cut in the Medicare physician fee schedule that begins July 1.
Full Article |
| OIG Warns Labs Against Offering ‘Freebies’ |
| The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has given the thumbs-down to a clinical laboratory’s proposal to provide free labeling of test tubes and specimen collection containers to dialysis facilities.
Full Article |
| Hearing Raises Questions About Order to Stop Testing |
| A recent administrative law hearing involving Doctors Lab, an independent rural reference laboratory in Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) highlights the question of whether CMS has the authority to issue a stop testing order as part of a directed plan of correction.
Full Article |
| It Is 2008: Do You Know Where Your Select Agents Are? |
| Laboratories engaged in work on biological agents or toxins categorized as "select agents or toxins" are subject to a complex regulatory regime. Under the Select Agent Regulations, 42 C.F.R. Part 73, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), wields substantial authority to mandate strict compliance with the select agent regulations.
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| 2008 Laboratory Public Service National Leadership Award |
| Washington G-2 Reports is now accepting nominations for this prestigious award. The Laboratory Public Service National Leadership Award is designed to recognize and honor an individual who has made a significant contribution to the public interest through accomplishments that directly enhance patient care and the laboratory profession.
Full Article |
| Lab Institute 2008 Alert! |
| Join us for our 26th annual Lab Institute, Sept. 17-19, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Va. (adjacent to Reagan National Airport).
Full Article |
| News in Brief (0807) |
| False Claims Act: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 9 that the False Claims Act (FCA) does not merely require proof that a false statement was presented to the government, but that the statement was made with the intent of getting a false claim paid or approved by the government (Allison Engine Co. v. United States ex rel. Sanders, U.S., No. 07-214.) In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court determined that a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, which decided that the FCA does not require proof that a false claim must be presented to a federal official, was based on an incorrect interpretation of the FCA provisions.
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