2/28/2017
After it self-disclosed conduct to OIG, Quest Diagnostics, Incorporated (Quest), New Jersey, agreed to pay $1,151,053.07 for allegedly violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law provisions applicable to physician self-referrals and kickbacks. OIG alleged that: (1) phlebotomists employed by Quest performed services at multiple locations in Texas, Maryland, Ohio and New Jersey that were outside the scope of their employment; (2) Quest failed to meet documentation requirements supporting its donation of valuable electronic health records software or information technology and services through donation agreements with individuals or entities from which Quest received referrals of clinical laboratory business; and (3) Quest failed to collect timely second-year payments from physician clients as required in electronic health record donation agreements.
1/24/2017
After it self-disclosed conduct to OIG, Quest Diagnostics, Incorporated (Quest), agreed to pay $315,093.35 for allegedly violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law provisions applicable to physician self-referrals and kickbacks. OIG alleged that Quest, at one of its laboratories in New Jersey, paid remuneration in the form of greater than fair market value rent for space, which was related to a medical practice that referred patients to Quest.
After it self-disclosed conduct to OIG, Quest Diagnostics, Incorporated (Quest), New Jersey, agreed to pay $1,151,053.07 for allegedly violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law provisions applicable to physician self-referrals and kickbacks. OIG alleged that: (1) phlebotomists employed by Quest performed services at multiple locations in Texas, Maryland, Ohio and New Jersey that were outside the scope of their employment; (2) Quest failed to meet documentation requirements supporting its donation of valuable electronic health records software or information technology and services through donation agreements with individuals or entities from which Quest received referrals of clinical laboratory business; and (3) Quest failed to collect timely second-year payments from physician clients as required in electronic health record donation agreements.
1/24/2017
After it self-disclosed conduct to OIG, Quest Diagnostics, Incorporated (Quest), agreed to pay $315,093.35 for allegedly violating the Civil Monetary Penalties Law provisions applicable to physician self-referrals and kickbacks. OIG alleged that Quest, at one of its laboratories in New Jersey, paid remuneration in the form of greater than fair market value rent for space, which was related to a medical practice that referred patients to Quest.