Posts Tagged ‘The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid’
OIG Says Free Labeling of Test Tubes, Collection Containers Could Violate Anti-Kickback Laws
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…
Read MoreOIG report finds claims filed on behalf of the dead
With Halloween just around the corner the HHS’ Office of the Inspector General just released a report showing that during a two-year period The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) paid out nearly half a million dollars for claims made on dead people. Federal law requires CMS to establish policies and implement claim edits to…
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