Inducements: Inducements

Utilization and other regulations

  • Laboratories must not induce physicians to order unnecessary tests through their marketing or education activities:
    • They must monitor the use of laboratory services by their clients.
    • They must correct any situation where something they did caused an unnecessary increase in test utilization.
  • Cost Reports
    • Hospitals laboratories must ensure that information used in hospital Medicare cost reports is accurate and includes only those costs which are appropriate.
    • Laboratories must follow all CLIA and OSHA regulations: failure to do so may result in a False Claims Act violation.

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