Clinical Laboratories

Sonnenschein's Health Care Group attorneys have substantial experience representing clinical laboratories in connection with a wide range of legal issues.  For example:

• Health Care Group attorneys counsel clinical laboratories, including special reference labs, on Medicare, Medicaid and other payor coverage and reimbursement issues, as well as state licensure, CLIA, provider contracting, coding, billing and related issues.
• Sonnenschein attorneys provide advice to both independent and hospital-based clinical laboratories to ensure that their various business arrangements, contracts, requisition form designs, marketing initiatives and investment and leasing strategies comply with federal and state anti-kickback, physician self-referral, fee-splitting, beneficiary inducement and related laws and regulations.
• Firm attorneys defend clinical laboratories in connection with commercial disputes and administrative, civil and criminal investigations and litigation, including actions alleging improper coding and billing, violations of the civil False Claims Act and violations of the federal and state anti-kickback, physician self-referral and other fraud and abuse laws and regulations.
• Sonnenschein attorneys provide corporate and regulatory counsel in connection with the purchase and sale of clinical laboratories.