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Key Legal, Compliance Issues for Labs Identified
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XVIII No. 6 – May 2, 2011 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It’s a first in the lab industry. In recent weeks, THE DARK REPORT asked the nation’s leading attorneys in clinical lab and anatomic pathology law to identify the most important legal, compliance and managed care issues for 2011 and 2012. Using a consensus method…
Re-shaping the Profession of Anatomic Pathology
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XVIII No. 5 – April 11, 2011 Issue
WHEN JANUARY 1, 2011, ARRIVED, IT MARKED AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE for the anatomic pathology profession. That is the day that the oldest pathologists in the Baby Boomer generation turned 65 years old and became eligible for Social Security and Medicare. This is an event we have discussed our entire ad…
Pathology Group Establishes Lab Test Exchange Networks
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVII No. 4 – March 21, 2011 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: After several decades of steadfastly maintaining their independence from other pathology groups in their community, progressive hospital-based pathology groups are beginning to create regional laboratory testing networks. These collaborations generally start small an…
Time to Think About ACOs And Medical Homes
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVII No. 4 – March 21, 2011 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In less than nine months—on January 1, 2012—the new health reform legislation mandates that Medicare commence value-based purchasing. Medicare must also begin contracting with accountable care organizations (ACO). Experts say these two developments will initiate …
More Reimbursement Threats for Lab Testing
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XVIII No. 1 – January 18, 2011 Issue
WE ARE NOW WELL INTO THE FIRST MONTH OF 2011 and already there are plenty of signs that reimbursement for both clinical laboratory testing and anatomic pathology testing will come under siege from a variety of sources this year. Take, for example, the rather rapid action by the Centers for M…
Hospital-Owned Medical Groups Serving More Patients Per Doc
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVII No. 14 – October 4, 2010 Issue
IT’S WIDELY KNOWN BY PATHOLOGISTS and laboratory administrators that hospitals and health systems are buying up private medical practices at an accelerating rate. This is a trend that favors hospital laboratory outreach programs, but may not be auspicious for the national laboratories. For this re…
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