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<p>[QUOTE="anonymous, post: 5481428"]We can hope this is so:</p><p><br /></p><p>"The wording of the CID letter and the information requested certainly makes me wonder if the DOJ is also going after the referring physicians as well, and not just MH."</p><p><br /></p><p>"The DOJ told the physician its primary areas of inquiry were:</p><p><br /></p><ol> <li>Submission of claims for UDT services and reimbursement for those claims;</li> <li>Medical necessity of UDT generally and for specific patients;</li> <li>Ordering of UDT, including, but not limited to, the documents and forms used to order UDT;</li> <li>Sales practices concerning UDT directed towards you or the entities for which you work, including, but not limited to, promises or provision of free goods and services; and</li> <li>Remuneration by urine drug laboratories to you or the entities for which you work</li> </ol><p>The documents requested and interrogatories also provide additional insight into the government’s investigation. Among the documents requested were:</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>All contracts and agreements including custom profiles and/or standing orders</li> <li>All documents concerning payments or other remuneration (including meals, staffing assistance, discounted equipment, assistance with CLIA certifications and electronic medical records, and speaker fees)</li> <li>All documents concerning waiver of co-pays by MH</li> <li>All documents submitted to MH including requisition forms, custom profiles, and standing orders</li> <li>All documents concerning medical necessity of UDT, including confirmatory or quantitative testing of negative UDT screen results performed at the point-of-care</li> <li>All patient records and billing files for eleven patients listed</li> </ul><p>The interrogatories demanded even more information:</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>State whether you have obtained a Certificate of Waiver under CLIA</li> <li>Describe the nature of UDT you perform pursuant to the Certificate of Waiver</li> <li>Describe the nature of any moderate complexity UDT you perform</li> <li>Describe the nature of any high complexity UDT you perform"</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://pathologyblawg.com/pathology-news/pathology-law/healthcare-fraud-pathology/millennium-health-pay-250-million-settle-whistleblower-allegations/?utm_source=Pathology+Blawg&utm_campaign=302f3d1467-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d76ed06817-302f3d1467-64526673" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://pathologyblawg.com/pathology-news/pathology-law/healthcare-fraud-pathology/millennium-health-pay-250-million-settle-whistleblower-allegations/?utm_source=Pathology+Blawg&utm_campaign=302f3d1467-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d76ed06817-302f3d1467-64526673" rel="nofollow">http://pathologyblawg.com/pathology-news/pathology-law/healthcare-fraud-pathology/millennium-health-pay-250-million-settle-whistleblower-allegations/?utm_source=Pathology+Blawg&utm_campaign=302f3d1467-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d76ed06817-302f3d1467-64526673</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="anonymous, post: 5481428"]We can hope this is so: "The wording of the CID letter and the information requested certainly makes me wonder if the DOJ is also going after the referring physicians as well, and not just MH." "The DOJ told the physician its primary areas of inquiry were: [LIST=1] [*]Submission of claims for UDT services and reimbursement for those claims; [*]Medical necessity of UDT generally and for specific patients; [*]Ordering of UDT, including, but not limited to, the documents and forms used to order UDT; [*]Sales practices concerning UDT directed towards you or the entities for which you work, including, but not limited to, promises or provision of free goods and services; and [*]Remuneration by urine drug laboratories to you or the entities for which you work [/LIST] The documents requested and interrogatories also provide additional insight into the government’s investigation. Among the documents requested were: [LIST] [*]All contracts and agreements including custom profiles and/or standing orders [*]All documents concerning payments or other remuneration (including meals, staffing assistance, discounted equipment, assistance with CLIA certifications and electronic medical records, and speaker fees) [*]All documents concerning waiver of co-pays by MH [*]All documents submitted to MH including requisition forms, custom profiles, and standing orders [*]All documents concerning medical necessity of UDT, including confirmatory or quantitative testing of negative UDT screen results performed at the point-of-care [*]All patient records and billing files for eleven patients listed [/LIST] The interrogatories demanded even more information: [LIST] [*]State whether you have obtained a Certificate of Waiver under CLIA [*]Describe the nature of UDT you perform pursuant to the Certificate of Waiver [*]Describe the nature of any moderate complexity UDT you perform [*]Describe the nature of any high complexity UDT you perform" [/LIST] [URL]http://pathologyblawg.com/pathology-news/pathology-law/healthcare-fraud-pathology/millennium-health-pay-250-million-settle-whistleblower-allegations/?utm_source=Pathology+Blawg&utm_campaign=302f3d1467-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d76ed06817-302f3d1467-64526673[/URL][/QUOTE]
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