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Clinical Laboratories and Pathology Groups

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Clinical Laboratories and Pathology Groups

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Clinical Pathology Laboratory Executives Indicted and Arrested by U.S. Attorney in New Jersey for Bribery, Inducement, and Other Crimes

Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services’ president takes $33 million out of his medical company during the seven years of 2006-2013

Few clinical laboratory professionals were surprised at last week’s news that another medical laboratory company and a referring physician were hit with criminal indictments for violating Medicare anti-kickback statues and other federal and state laws.

The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman of New Jersey. Defendants in this case are Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BSL), of Parsippany, New Jersey, three of its executives, and one physician who referred medical laboratory tests to BSL.

Few laboratory professionals will be surprised at news of this case. After all, a substantial number of clinical laboratory professionals regularly see, within their service areas, examples of medical laboratory companies willing to interpret federal and state compliance laws quite aggressively and cross the line into illegal actions. What is uncommon is to have federal prosecutors build a criminal case against a lab company accused of having violated anti-kickback laws. (more…)

Do GPOs Help Hospitals and Clinical Laboratories Save Money? GAO Report Answers That Question

GAO investigates certain business practices of group purchasing organizations


For years, hospitals and clinical pathology laboratories have wondered exactly how much money is saved when they use the services of group purchasing organizations (GPOs). Now a newly-published government report provides interesting details about the financial activities of GPOs.

In response to a Congressional directive, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently studied GPOs and released a report on their findings. The GAO’s report will be of particular interest for pathologists and medical laboratory managers working in hospital laboratories.

GAO Report Looks at GPO Activities in 2008

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