OPKO Settles Allegations of Fraudulent Billing

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXII, No. 6 – April 21, 2025 Issue

DEMONSTRATING THAT EVEN ROUTINE TESTS CAN CAUSE LEGAL HEADACHES for clinical laboratories, the U.S….

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Role of Price Transparency During Path Contract Talks

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXII, No. 5 – March 31, 2025 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Pathology groups have a much better opportunity to turn the tables on payers and other third parties during contract negotiations if they come armed with the data and other information recommended by two well-respected pathology experts…

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Grim Realities Drive Payer Behavior with Lab Test Claims

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXII, No. 3 – February 17, 2025 Issue

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Pathology Compensation in Different Settings, including Hospitals

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXII, No. 1 – January 6, 2025 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: This second installment on the series about boosting pathologist compensation uses data collected during a survey of 1,400 pathologists in 230 pathology practices by the Panel of National Pathology Leaders (PNPL). Two experienced pathology consultants identify the most effect…

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Lawsuits Challenge Business Practices of Health Plans

By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXXI, No. 17 – December 16, 2024 Issue

IT MAY BE THAT SEVERAL RECENT FEDERAL LAWS AND RULES ON TRANSPARENCY IN HEALTHCARE are allowing aggrieved parties to pull back the curtain on unsavory practices at certain health insurance companies. Both self-insured employers and the employees of these companies are filing lawsuits claiming that pa…

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Proven Ways to Improve Pathologist Productivity and Compensation

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 16 – November 25, 2024 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: There is now extensive data from 1,400 pathologists serving in 230 pathology groups that show certain clinical and business strategies can lift a group’s collected revenue and increase the total annual compensation of the group’s pathologists. This is the first of a serie…

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Significant Developments Are Shaping Lab Market

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 7 – May 20, 2024 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: With 140 speakers and 1,000+ attendees, this year’s Executive War College again provided a comprehensive picture of the specific forces reshaping the U.S. market for lab testing services. Presented here is a smorgasbord of information and innovation shared by different spea…

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Payer Contracts with Labs: Getting the Contract Is Just the Start

By Virchow | From the Volume XXXI, No. 6 – April 29, 2024 Issue

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Year’s Top 10 Lab Stories Contain Surprises & Twists

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, Number 18 – December 26, 2023 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: With the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic now in the rearview mirror of the nation’s clinical labs and pathology groups, the important news stories of 2023 were mostly about developments where the consequences will influence laboratory operations in coming years. Artificial intelligence…

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Private Health Insurers Are Aware of Problems with CPT Code 81408

By Virchow | From the Volume XXX, No. 13 – September 11, 2023 Issue

EDITOR’S NO…

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