OIG Says Free Labeling of Test Tubes, Collection Containers Could Violate Anti-Kickback Laws

A tube of blood sitting on top of blue paper.

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued an advisory opinion suggesting that a laboratory’s proposal to label test tubes and specimen collection containers at no cost to dialysis facilities could constitute remuneration under the anti-kickback statute and result in potential sanctions. The opinion issued this month came at the request of an unnamed laboratory…

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