Question:
How are laboratories vulnerable to the risk of fraud and abuse?
Answer:
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in conjunction with the Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership (HFPP) highlight key reasons that all laboratories may be vulnerable to fraud and abuse schemes:
- The variety and number of laboratories
- Dual factor high-volume/low dollar characteristics of ordering, providing, and billing
- Specialization complexity, technical challenges, and evolution of services.
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