While the labs searched have declared an undisclosed income of over Rs 100 crore, the amount of referral fee in case of a single lab is more than Rs 200 crore, it said in a statement. The department said referral fee to doctors was paid in at least four ways, including fortnightly cash payment and advance cash payment. In some cases, referral fee paid to doctors by cheque was shown in books as “professional fee”. “However, neither they come to diagnostic centres nor see patients or write reports. This payment is a disguised referral fee,” the statement read.

Source: Hindustan Times December 02, 2017 15:53 UTC