Friday, August 29, 2014
OIG Releases Special Fraud Alert: Laboratory Payments to Referring Physicians
Many physicians and other healthcare providers refer a high volume of patient specimens to third party clinical laboratories every day. The (OIG) for the U.S. Department of and Human Services recently issued a Special Fraud Alert that addresses these relationship between labs and physicians.
The OIG’s Alert focuses on laboratories that may be violating the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) in an effort to win business from referring physicians. OIG’s chief concern is that physicians will do business with the lab that pays the most, rather than the best lab, and that physicians will order tests that are not medically necessary, particularly if the payment arrangement is tied to the number of referred tests.
The OIG focused on two types of arrangements that they fear pose a substantial risk of fraud and abuse, including (1) specimen collection and processing, and (2) registry arrangements.
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The OIG’s Alert focuses on laboratories that may be violating the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) in an effort to win business from referring physicians. OIG’s chief concern is that physicians will do business with the lab that pays the most, rather than the best lab, and that physicians will order tests that are not medically necessary, particularly if the payment arrangement is tied to the number of referred tests.
The OIG focused on two types of arrangements that they fear pose a substantial risk of fraud and abuse, including (1) specimen collection and processing, and (2) registry arrangements.
- See more at: http://www.policymed.com/#sthash.cn520PJ4.dpuf
In race for bigger margins, drug makers willing to lose the India "advantage"
By Zeba Siddiqui
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian drugmakers are fleeing a regulatory morass at home and moving some research and development to and the United States as try to boost margins by producing high-value drugs.India's $15 billion a year pharma industry, the world's largest source of cheap generics, is already reeling from a string of drug recalls and quality control issues which have called into question the regulator's oversight.
Now, companies like Piramal Enterprises Ltd, and are investing millions of dollars and placing their future growth in foreign regulators' hands, as they seek to add more complex drugs to their product lines.
"We have lost what is called the India advantage," said , vice-chair of Mumbai-based Piramal Enterprises which last year moved some clinical trials for new drugs abroad.
"The India advantage was saying we can research molecules...and finish the clinical trials and the cost would be one-tenth of the West," she said.
"Now, we have to acquire small groups of highly specialised people who can work on a particular type of product and know exactly how to do it. That's the new alternative - to really invest in R&D abroad," she added.
Indian drugmakers rely on cheap generics for the bulk of their revenue, but like their global peers, they are focusing more on niche markets such as ophthalmology and oral contraceptives, and difficult-to-make products such as inhalers and injectables in a bid to achieve higher profit margins.
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Review; Comment Request; Guidance for Industry on Fees for Human Drug Compounding. Outsourcing Facilities
Docket No. FDA-2014-D-0329 - The Office of the Federal ...
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27 mins ago - Review; Comment Request; Guidance for Industry on Fees for Human Drug Compounding. Outsourcing Facilities Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic ...Thursday, August 28, 2014
More information on Dan Milosvic
Overview of Dan Milosevic in Houston, TX
Dan Milosevic is the Office Manager of Pain & Health Management Center Inc and inactive roles in one additional company .
Dan Milosevic is connected to other officers through these corporate roles. One of the top connections is Charmaine Kray .
Dan's past corporate interests include the Manager of Texas Pain Consultants .
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Dan Milosevic is connected to other officers through these corporate roles. One of the top connections is Charmaine Kray .
Dan's past corporate interests include the Manager of Texas Pain Consultants .
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 | Dan Milosevic | Administration at Applied Pain Associates, Pllc | |
| | Dan Milosevic Houston, Texas | Principal at Medical Billing and Consulting Services, Ltd | |
| | Dan Milosevic | Administration at Spine and Joint Pain Center |
Question of the Day August 28, 2014 Is the Dan Milosevic who is the President of Alternative Medicine and Pharmacy Inc. d/b/a/ OmniPlus Pharmacy and who verified the complaint against Express Scripts the same person who started Medical Billing and Consulting Services in Houston, Texas?
Dan Milosevic started Medical Billing and Consulting Services in Houston, TX, after working as a consultant in billing and practice management for a solo practitioner. Dan was so effective—he doubled his client’s monthly revenue—that his client began talking about him to other practitioners. That was when he decided to establish Medical Billing and Consulting Services. “I felt I could offer the same level of service and efficiency to other providers,” he states. That was in 2007and five years later, his company is growing stronger each year.
We specialize in pain management,” Dan declares. “Because of our experience in billing for this specialty, we are able to bring in 30 - 40 percent more revenue than other companies that handle multiple specialties.” Dan has four employees working on behalf of his four clients and they bill $1.2 million in charges per month with a net collection ratio around 95%. He plans to leverage his expertise in pain management billing for attracting new clients within the specialty of anesthesia.
“When I opened my company, the most important decision we had to make was picking the right medical billing software,” Dan notes. He knew what he wanted in a software solution and looked at numerous systems before selecting Kareo. “It met all our criteria then and it continues to meet our expectations,” he says. “It is an online system, so you can access it from anywhere in the world as long as you have an Internet connection. It’s very easy to set up, learn and run. It offers electronic eligibility, electronic claims submission to almost all payors, very advanced reporting capabilities and a scheduling system.” Dan says Kareo’s outstanding support sets it apart from other systems. “Many times, you can resolve any issues you may have using Kareo’s free online tools, like the support library with numerous solutions for different problems, and the FAQs. I have been on Kareo for five years and in all that time, I have never had to call their technical support team!”
Dan appreciates the fact that Kareo is very user friendly on many levels. “You can set new clients up on Kareo in just minutes. I’ve used a lot of other system and Kareo is by far the simplest to use. Our clients love Kareo and the fact that all they need is a computer and internet access. Basically, once they are set up on Kareo, they can start scheduling patients right away.” The outstanding support is as big a plus for clients as it is for Dan and his employees. “Kareo offers useful videos so if you have a problem, you just find the appropriate video and your problem is solved!” That is a real timesaver when clients have an issue they want to resolve right away, Dan says, since they have no qualms about using Kareo’s easy-to-access tools to find the answer they need.
Another useful feature, according to Dan, is electronic eligibility. He says it saves his staff time and increases their productivity. “With other systems, you need to visit multiple websites to check a patient’s insurance eligibility and verify their benefits,” he notes. “With Kareo you can do that with the click of a button, right from within the software! In five or ten seconds, you know all about a patient’s benefits. That saves at least five minutes and if you are working on billing for 20 patients, that means you’re saving over an hour and a half!”
Dan says Kareo’s scalability will easily allow him to double his client base, as he plans to do in 2012. “Kareo helped us to increase our productivity and profitability, while at the same time decreased our costs by more than 30 percent. Overall, I would say that selecting Kareo is one of our best business decisions.”
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We specialize in pain management,” Dan declares. “Because of our experience in billing for this specialty, we are able to bring in 30 - 40 percent more revenue than other companies that handle multiple specialties.” Dan has four employees working on behalf of his four clients and they bill $1.2 million in charges per month with a net collection ratio around 95%. He plans to leverage his expertise in pain management billing for attracting new clients within the specialty of anesthesia.
“When I opened my company, the most important decision we had to make was picking the right medical billing software,” Dan notes. He knew what he wanted in a software solution and looked at numerous systems before selecting Kareo. “It met all our criteria then and it continues to meet our expectations,” he says. “It is an online system, so you can access it from anywhere in the world as long as you have an Internet connection. It’s very easy to set up, learn and run. It offers electronic eligibility, electronic claims submission to almost all payors, very advanced reporting capabilities and a scheduling system.” Dan says Kareo’s outstanding support sets it apart from other systems. “Many times, you can resolve any issues you may have using Kareo’s free online tools, like the support library with numerous solutions for different problems, and the FAQs. I have been on Kareo for five years and in all that time, I have never had to call their technical support team!”
Dan appreciates the fact that Kareo is very user friendly on many levels. “You can set new clients up on Kareo in just minutes. I’ve used a lot of other system and Kareo is by far the simplest to use. Our clients love Kareo and the fact that all they need is a computer and internet access. Basically, once they are set up on Kareo, they can start scheduling patients right away.” The outstanding support is as big a plus for clients as it is for Dan and his employees. “Kareo offers useful videos so if you have a problem, you just find the appropriate video and your problem is solved!” That is a real timesaver when clients have an issue they want to resolve right away, Dan says, since they have no qualms about using Kareo’s easy-to-access tools to find the answer they need.
Another useful feature, according to Dan, is electronic eligibility. He says it saves his staff time and increases their productivity. “With other systems, you need to visit multiple websites to check a patient’s insurance eligibility and verify their benefits,” he notes. “With Kareo you can do that with the click of a button, right from within the software! In five or ten seconds, you know all about a patient’s benefits. That saves at least five minutes and if you are working on billing for 20 patients, that means you’re saving over an hour and a half!”
Dan says Kareo’s scalability will easily allow him to double his client base, as he plans to do in 2012. “Kareo helped us to increase our productivity and profitability, while at the same time decreased our costs by more than 30 percent. Overall, I would say that selecting Kareo is one of our best business decisions.”
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Original Source: Stability of compounded thioguanine oral suspensions.
Purpose Updated information on the stability of compounded thioguanine oral suspensions prepared with currently available ingredients, as well as results of testing to determine if the addition of an antioxidant could extend shelf life by inhibiting formation of guanine, are presented. Methods Using triturated thioguanine tablets, three compounded suspensions were prepared: (1) a reference formulation containing methylcellulose and simple syrup, (2) an equivalent formulation using Ora-Plus and Ora-Sweet, an...
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