G-2 Compliance Report
G-2 Compliance Report is designed to guide hospital, lab, and pathology professionals in developing, implementing and revising compliance programs to meet federal standards. In every issue, you’ll get practical advice and information you need to: Stay on top of fast-changing federal mandates Structure business arrangements to prevent fines Reduce exposure to whistleblower lawsuits Maintain public trust and thwart negative publicity And more With the continued emphasis on healthcare fraud by the Justice Department and HHS Office of Inspector General —and record-setting fines and settlements—don’t take the risk of being caught unprepared for an investigation and audit.
February 2010 - Table of Contents
Health care providers, including laboratories and pathologists, face restrictions on their sales and marketing practices that many other professionals do not have to contend with.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued two rules that propose to define criteria and standards for incentive payments to physicians and hospitals funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which in part was enacted to spur widespread adoption of health information technology (HIT).
The statutory moratorium protecting certain pathology billings by independent clinical laboratories expired as of Dec. 31, 2009, but provisions to extend it are pending in House and Senate health care reform bills awaiting reconciliation.
Now that both houses of Congress have passed their versions of health care reform legislation, it’s up to a conference committee to work out differences between the two bills.
This is the second of two articles.
Anyone doubting the commitment of business to compliance and ethics will be surprised by the findings of a survey that shows spending on compliance has remained stronger than anticipated.
New Safe Harbors: The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has requested proposals and recommendations for developing new safe harbor provisions to be applied to the federal anti-kickback statute, according to a notice in the Dec. 29, 2009, Federal Register.
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