DOJ Pursues Organizations That Falsely Claim Compliance with Medicare’s EHR...
Clinical laboratories that interface with hospital EHR systems under scrutiny by the DOJ could be drawn into the investigations Officials at the federal US Department of Justice (DOJ) continue to...
View ArticleMedical Laboratory Testing Company uBiome Raided by FBI for Alleged Insurance...
Following the raid, the company’s co-founders resigned from the board of directors Microbiome testing company, uBiome, a biotechnology developer that offers at-home direct-to-consumer (DTC) test kits...
View ArticleFederal Investigations into Alleged Kickback Schemes between Hospitals and...
Hospitals and other organizations are finding ways to pay physicians for referrals in ways that don’t always look like kickbacks Hospitals nationwide are being scrutinized by the federal Office of the...
View ArticlePotentially Fatal Fungus Invades Hospitals and Public Is Not Informed
Clinical laboratories and microbiologists will want to be on the alert for this deadly infectious agent that has killed patients through blood infections Healthcare continues to struggle with the issue...
View ArticleSenior Citizens on Medicare Are Particularly Vulnerable to New Scams...
Medical fraudsters are targeting Medicare recipients with schemes to persuade them to agree to genetic tests advertised as informing them if they are predisposed to specific chronic diseases or cancer...
View ArticleHHS Announces Culpability Limits for HIPAA Violations, Drops Annual Fines...
Clinical laboratories need to understand how their patients’ protected health information is being used and secured by vendors to avert data breaches and HHS penalties Most readers of The Dark Report,...
View ArticleClinical Laboratory Leaders Agree: Showing Value Is More Important than Ever...
How medical laboratories can show value through process improvement methods and analytics will be among many key topics presented at the upcoming Lab Quality Confab conference Quality management is the...
View ArticleUniversity of Edinburgh Study Finds Antimicrobial Bacteria in Hospital...
The highly infectious bacteria can survive treatment at local sewage plants and enter the food chain of surrounding populations, the study revealed Researchers at the University of Edinburgh (UE) in...
View ArticleFederal Advisory Committee Seeks Public Comments on Revising CLIA...
At The Dark Report’s annual Lab Quality Confab for clinical laboratory administrators, managers, and quality team members, experts outline how disruption in healthcare requires labs to improve...
View ArticlePathologist, Neurosurgeon, and Critical Care Specialist Face Criminal Charges...
Could local and federal prosecutors ask clinical laboratories to disclose information on their client physicians’ test-ordering activities when investigating medical errors? Are physicians facing...
View Article17 Former Employees Accuse Orig3n of Clinical Laboratory Test Inaccuracies,...
This is not the first time genetic-testing company Orig3n has been scrutinized by state and federal investigators over its business practices It’s not often that multiple employees of a clinical...
View ArticlePreparing Clinical Laboratories for Invasive Federal Enforcement of Fraud and...
Medical laboratory leaders need to take opportunities to stay abreast of government and payer activity, particularly as payer audits become tougher, say legal experts Even compliant clinical...
View ArticleAs Accreditation Inspections of Clinical Laboratories Become Tougher,...
Savvy medical laboratory managers conduct internal audits of processes involved in deficiency citations so they can uncover how deficiencies occur and help eliminate recurrences One trend that places...
View ArticleNebula Genomics Offers Anonymous Sequencing to Increase Privacy and...
By offering a way for customers to have their DNA sequenced without any fear of being identified, Nebula Genomics hopes to revive interest in personal genetics Nebula Genomics is introducing a new...
View ArticleHarvard Researchers Study Whether Joint Commission Accrediting Results in...
In response to Harvard’s conclusions, the Joint Commission claimed the study contained “factual errors” and “multiple methodological flaws” in strong rebuttals to findings Today’s emphasis on...
View ArticleDirect Primary Care is Emerging as a New Healthcare Model in the US, But Are...
If insurance plans are removed from the billing cycle for primary care, it’s not clear how clinical laboratories will be reimbursed for their services Direct Primary Care (DPC) is gaining popularity in...
View ArticleHospital Associations and Healthcare Groups Battle HHS Efforts to Expand...
In a federal lawsuit, seven healthcare organizations and hospitals systems allege HHS exceeded its statutory authority and clinical laboratories will want to watch how this court case unfolds There is...
View ArticleAmazon Care Pilot Program Offers Virtual Primary Care to Seattle Employees;...
Experts say Amazon could be planning a roll-out of healthcare services to its Prime members and others Clinical laboratory leaders will want to note that the Telehealth and home healthcare industries...
View ArticleOhio Healthcare Network Serving Amish and Anabaptist Communities Could...
This rural health system has nearly a decade of experience offering cash-only package pricing for medical services including, most recently, inpatient stays While healthcare networks and hospital...
View ArticleDallas Healthcare Executive Sentenced in Next Health Laboratories Fraud Case
Referral-kickback and bribery schemes that included medical laboratory tests bilked private insurers and government health plans out of $150 million over six-year period Andrew Hillman, former co-owner...
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