Statement from Alliance for Integrity in Medicare (AIM) on GAO Report on Self-Referral Leading to Overutilization of Pathology Services
July 16, 2013The Alliance for Integrity in Medicare (AIM)—a broad coalition of physical therapy, laboratory, radiation oncology, and medical imaging groups committed to ending the practice of inappropriate physician self-referral—applauds the findings of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released July 15, 2013, “Action Needed to Address Higher Use of Anatomic Pathology Services by Providers Who Self-Refer.” AIM believes these findings add significantly to the existing mountain of evidence that the in-office ancillary services (IOAS) loophole to the federal Ethics in Patient