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Contractual Safeguards That Fall Short of a Safe Harbor

According to a recent Advisory Opinion from the Department of HHS Office of Inspector General, a proposed fee arrangement could run afoul of the federal anti-kickback statute, if it allows for clinical laboratories to compensate hospitals for patient referrals for such laboratory services.

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