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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 January 2010 (Full PDF Issue) |
| Ohio hospital does not have to produce labs results
Bio-Reference sues employees over company secrets
Anti-fraud strike force expands
Legal and practice issues for in-house histology labs
Electronic health record donations: best practices to minimize liability: see Perspectives
Kentucky court upholds ruling on peer review records
News in brief
Full Article |
| Bio-Reference Sues Employees Over Company Secrets |
| Bio-Reference Laboratories Inc. (Elmwood Park, N.J.) has sued two departing employees over company information it says it fears might be used by a competitor.
Full Article |
| Ohio Hospital Does Not Have to Produce Lab Results |
| A hospital in Ohio does not have to produce laboratory results of a patient accused of transmitting an infectious illness to a hospital roommate, an appeals court ruled in December.
Full Article |
| Anti-Fraud Strike Force Expands; 30 People Charged |
| Thirty people in three cities were charged Dec. 15 with various fraud charges against the Medicare program, federal officials announced, as they also announced the expansion of a Medicare Strike Force to target fraudulent activity in Brooklyn, N.Y.; Tampa, Fla.; and Baton Rouge, La.
Full Article |
| Legal and Practice Issues for In-House Histology Labs |
| In light of the government scrutiny and regulatory initiatives to limit pod laboratories, many referring physician practices, such as urologists and gastroenterologists, are pursuing the establishment of an in-house histology laboratory.
Full Article |
| Compliance Perspectives: Electronic Health Record Donations: Best Practices to Minimize Liability |
| In 2006, the government made its first real effort to promote the adoption and use of electronic health records (EHR) through the promulgation of rules that allow entities to provide nonmonetary assistance to physicians installing EHR systems without running afoul of the federal physician self-referral law (the Stark law)1 or the federal health care anti-kickback statute.2
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| Kentucky High Court Holds Ohio Peer Review Records Discoverable in Malpractice Action |
| Kentucky’s judge-made rule that otherwise-privileged peer review records are discoverable in medical malpractice actions against health care providers applied in a case alleging that an Ohio laboratory technician misread a test for cervical cancer, Kentucky’s highest court held Nov. 25 (Saleba v. Schrand).
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| The Backpage: News-At-A-Glance (January 2010) |
| HEALTH CARE FRAUD RECOVERIES INCREASE: Of the $2.4 billion in False Claims Act (FCA) settlements and judgments in fiscal year 2009, health care fraud recoveries accounted for two-thirds, or $1.6 billion, Assistant Attorney General Tony West, head of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Division, said Nov. 19.
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