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The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) is part of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities (SUPPORT) Act singed into law in 2018. This law impacts clinical treatment facilities and...
The federal government chose to ease enforcement of certain regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) was not one of them. This provision within the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery...
The law is constantly evolving. Arguably, this is a good thing. In many cases this evolution helps to better ensure the laws remain relevant. However, in some cases the changes may cause more problems than they fix. That is the issue diagnostic labs are currently...
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to crackdown on its fight against illegal kickbacks. The feds are clear in their belief that what it considers bribes within the healthcare industry for medical services or equipment taint the ability to provide...
A group of medical professionals recently accepted plea deals in connection to a healthcare fraud scheme that operated through the country. The group had operations set up in multiple states, including New Jersey, Maryland, California. According to feds, the group...
Laws and regulations are present to better ensure diagnostic labs provide quality care. A failure to abide by these regulations can result in serious penalties. There are many government agencies that oversee these regulations. The United States Department of Health...
Gravity Diagnostics, a CLIA diagnostic and testing laboratory licensed to provide services throughout the country, recently announced the addition of an executive. Although the addition of another executive for this large of an organization on its own is not of note,...
Lab owners must balance a multitude of tasks to have a successful business. They need to make sure they have the staff needed to run a safe, accurate and efficient facility. In addition to watching the bottom line, these entrepreneurs also need to have a basic...
A diagnostic laboratory recently agreed to pay the government almost $12 million to settle claims that the health care company violated federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) regulations. The government claimed that individuals within the diagnostic lab were illegally...
The United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has rolled back some regulatory provisions in response to the current coronavirus pandemic. Officials reason that these rollbacks will help to better ensure patients can get the testing, diagnosis and...
