tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2017 Issue 2

Industry Note: NJ Clinical Lab Associate Gets 20 Months in Prison in Bribery Case

Unfortunately, corruption abounds in the healthcare industry despite the best intentions of many to focus on providing quality care and service to patients nationwide. A New Jersey salesman found himself in hot water after admitting to a “long-running and elaborate scheme” to bribe a physician to refer patients for testing to his clinical lab company. The lab work generated from the referrals totaled over $400,000. “The investigation has thus far resulted in 41 guilty pleas—27 of them from doctors—in connection with the bribery scheme, which its organizers have admitted involved millions of dollars in...

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