July 2003

Online Distance Training Helps Labs Recruit & Retain More MTs

Laboratory Management / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: One surprise about online distance learning (ODL) programs for medical technologists (MT) is that even small hospital laboratories can use them to recruit and train more MTs. Across the United States, a growing number of labs are experiencing a shortage of MTs in their local community. A handful of early-adopter laboratories has already …

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New York Labs Fight Medicare 20% Co-Pay

Laboratory Billing / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Participating laboratories in the New York State Clinical Laboratory Association (NYSCLA) generated a flood of calls to their state’s congressional delegation in recent weeks. Included in their bill for lab testing, patients got a flyer telling them about pending legislation that would impose a 20% Medicare lab test co-pay and asking that they …

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“July 7, 2003 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Late Breaking Lab News / By Robert Michel

Employers should brace for another round of higher health insurance costs. The early sign of more double-digit premium increases comes from California. Directors of CALPERS (California Public Employees Retirement System) voted to raise member HMO premiums by an average of between 16.7% and 18.4% for 2004. This comes on top of last year’s average premium …

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