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Physician Group Path Ventures To Undergo OIG Review in 2005

Pathology Trends / By Robert Michel

IN ITS FISCAL YEAR 2005 WORK PLAN, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) will “identify and review relationships between physicians who furnish pathology services in their offices and outside pathology companies.” It is another sign that federal healthcare investigators are concerned that more specialist physician groups are creating …

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Aligning Pathologist Productivity With Compensation Can Be Challenging

Pathology Trends / By Robert Michel

“Growing interest in ways to link a pathologist’s productivity to his/her compensation makes this a widely-discussed topic within many pathology group practices.” –Dennis Padget CEO SUMMARY: Part Three continues THE DARK REPORT’S series on measuring pathologist productivity. In this installment, pathology practice consultant Dennis Padget identifies different approaches to appropriately link pathologist productivity with compensation. …

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“November 1, 2004 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Late Breaking Lab News / By Robert Michel

At a steady rate, healthcare is evolving toward a fully-electronic, Internet-based informatics environment. Here are some noteworthy mile-stones that illustrate this progress. During 2003, consumers’ use of the Web to access their health insurers’ Web sites increased 94%! So reports the Manhattan Institute of New York City in a report titled “Hospital and Health Plan …

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Hospital Labs Produce Moderate Cost Increases

Commentary and Opinion by R. Lewis Dark / By R. Lewis Dark

ALL PATHOLOGISTS AND HOSPITAL LAB ADMINISTRATORS who feel beat up about endless budget cuts should take heart. During the period 2000-2002, the cost of laboratory services in hospitals increased by 18%. That is something to brag about—and here’s why! The lab services cost increase was less than diagnostic imaging (up 36%), operating rooms (up 32%), …

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Memphis Path Lab JV Purchased By AEL

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Memphis Pathology Labs’ two hospital owners and their JV partner, MDS, surprised many with the sale of the lab venture to American Esoteric Laboratories (AEL). It’s the end of a successful joint venture between several hospitals and a commercial laboratory company. It also positions AEL to use Memphis as a base to market …

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Going, Going, Soon Gone: MDS Pulling Out of U.S.

Molecular Diagnostics / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Even as the best of its lab testing joint ventures with hospitals and health systems prove profitable, MDS Diagnostic Services is taking active steps to resolve its participation as a partner. In a candid interview, its President and CEO acknowledged the best attributes of such joint ventures and identified specific business dynamics which …

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Anatomic Path Lab Weathers Florida’s Blitz of Hurricanes

Anatomic Pathology / By Robert Michel

EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS always get rewritten after a crisis. That’s certainly the case with Palm Beach Pathology, which survived the recent blitz of hurricanes that hammered Florida’s east coast. “Our laboratory is located in West Palm Beach, a city hit hard by Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Jeanne,” said Gary Onofry, Administrator. “If we didn’t get …

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Measuring Daily Productivity of Pathologists Can Be Complex

Anatomic Pathology / By Robert Michel

“Conflict in groups stems from trying to use one measurement system to meet all practice goals. This is the pitfall to avoid.” —Dennis Padget CEO SUMMARY: Productivity measurement systems are widely used outside the healthcare industry to better manage operations and to incentivize staff. Many pathology groups have a gnawing feeling that they should be …

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Making a Difference in Tangible Ways

Commentary and Opinion by R. Lewis Dark / By R. Lewis Dark

HOW OFTEN DOES SOMETHING you learn from THE DARK REPORT make a positive difference in your laboratory? We hear lots of examples from our clients and regular readers and I’d like to share two of them with you today. The first example comes from our special, exclusive, and expanded coverage about anatomic pathology (AP) condominium …

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How Local Path Groups Can Keep Patient Access

Pathology Trends / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: For pathology groups operating their own histology and cytology labs, a growing problem is access to patients covered by exclusive managed care contracts. In the Northeast, several persistent pathology group practices are using some effective business strategies to fight this trend. Not every strategy works every time, but there are enough victories to …

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