LAWS
provides the guidelines to keep PHI private and secure.
HIPAA
The lab may place a phlebotomist in a physicians office to provide sample collection that is conveient to the patient
phlebotomy services
leakage of blood out of a vien durring or after venipuncture
hemotoma
prohibits payment in money or services to a phsyician in order to solicit buisness from the physician.
anti-kickback law
The laboratory may dispose of only those hazards wastes in sharps containers that were generated during the collection of samples and nothing generated by the physicians office used.
hazardous and infectious wastes
this can result in improrper care for the patient
mislableed or unlabed samles
prohibits knowily submitting and a false claim to the government for service not performed or charging forbmore services then were proformed.
false claim act
unless the specialist specifically wrote that the results can be released, then no copies can be sent.
release of test information
the phlebotomist must be cognizant of the patient to determine if he or she is feeling weak or light headed
Fainting or convulsing Patient
appplies to claims for services that are not provided has claimed. penalties can resuts in fines up to twice the amount billed to the government and up to 10,000 dollars.
civil monetary penalties law
protecttion from theft of laboratory related supplies andd equipment
client supplies and equipment policy
cccan occur as a result of accidental artiol puncture or going to deep durring venipuncture
nerve damage
forbids a physician from referring a sample to a lab in which the physician or an immediate family member has a finacial interest
what is stark law
standardized listing of tests of the most commonly ordered tests.
Requisition design
can cause hemorrhage that can result in major brusing and compression of the nerve
accidental artiole puncture