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Pathology Compensation in Different Settings, including Hospitals

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

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

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

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

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Year’s Top 10 Lab Stories Contain Surprises & Twists

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

EDITOR’S NO…

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Smaller Labs Must Verify Z-code Arrangement with Lab Companies

EDITOR’S NO…

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OIG: Billing Code 81408 Is at ‘Risk of Improper Payment’

CEO SUMMARY: Clinical lab executives familiar with molecular test coding and billing will not be surprised to learn that billing code 81408—commonly used on genetic test claims—is at risk of fra…

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With Z-codes, Will Other Payers Follow UnitedHealthcare’s Lead?

EDITOR’S NOT…

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