Special Fraud Alert: Laboratory Payments to Referring Physicians
Guidance regarding compensation paid by laboratories to referring physicians and physician group practices (collectively, physicians) for blood specimen collection, processing, and packaging, and for submitting patient data to a registry or database.
Final
Issued by: Office of Inspector General (OIG)
Issue Date: June 25, 2014
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