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CodeMap® 06/17/2015: Specimen Collection Supplies Revisited

CodeMap® Compliance Briefing: June 17, 2015


Editor's Welcome:

In our latest CodeMap® TeleConference, presented on May 20, we discussed the compliance issues associated with many financial arrangements that often develop between clinical laboratories and their physicians customers. One of the topics generated numerous questions from our participants. That topic is the provision of specimen collection supplies to referring customers. In addition, just last year, the OIG once again examined this type of relationship in a Special Fraud Alert. Because this type of arrangement continues to cause concern, we decided to revisit it in the following CodeMap® Compliance Briefing. As such, this briefing will....

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