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Medicare Demo Biddersā Meeting Reveals Many Problems Ahead
LASTĀ WEDNESDAY INĀ SANĀ DIEGO, theĀ …
Busy Year Demonstrated By Top Ten Lab Stories
CEO SUMMARY: As it turns out, 2007 has been an action-packed year with lots of events, plenty of changes, and the promise of even faster evolution across all sectors of the lab testing marketplace. THEĀ D…
July 16, 2007 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Another example of the globalization of laboratory testing services is the just-announced acquisition of laboratory middleware provider P.G.P, s.a., of Brussells, Belgium, by Data Innovations, Inc., of South Burlington, Vermont. Data Innovations states that the acqui…
Global Laboratory Trends Dominated by Rising Costs and Labor Shortage
āThe Web has transformed many industries and itās clearly affected our industry. This trend will help raise the bar in quality and overall performance among laboratories and manufacturers.ā āJim Reid-Anderson Chairman, President, and CEO of Dade Behring…
ACLA Prepares to Tackle Tough Lab Industry Issues
CEO SUMMARY: At its annual meeting last month, the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) rolled out a new campaign to educate Congress, government and private payers, and the American public about the value of laboratory testing. Called āResults for Life,ā the campaign is a …
Implementation Date Passes on Medicare Competitive Bid Project
YESTERDAY, APRIL 1, WAS THE DAY that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) was scheduled to implement the first sites for the Medicare Clinical Laboratory Services Competitive Bidding Demonstration project. It was good news for the laboratory industry that the day passed with…
Evolving Strategy Guides American Esoteric Labs
CEO SUMMARY: Back in April 2004, when American Esoteric Laboratories, Inc.(AEL)launched operations, its declared ambition was to become a national esoteric testing firm. However, given the positive experiences from its acquisition of Memphis Pathology Laboratories in September 2004, AEL h…
June 12, 2006 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Many changes are unfolding across the laboratory industry, so we begin with some of the more significant developments involving people: TRANSITIONS ā¢One of clinical pathologyās respected veterans is preparing to retire. Elkin Simson, M.D., Medical Director at th…
Coding Edits Are a Potential Hammerblow to Pathology
DURING THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, WE WILL WITNESS an intense debate between the pathology profession and the Medicare/Medicaid bureaucracy. This battle will center around the proposed MUEs (Medically Unbelievable Edits) which place restrictions on the units of service per patient per day on key CPT codes w…
Hospital Labs Produce Moderate Cost Increases
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 aboutāand hereās why! The lab services cost increase was less than …
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Volume XXXI, No. 6 – April 29, 2024
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