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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…
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…
Smaller Labs Must Verify Z-code Arrangement with Lab Companies
By Virchow | From the Volume XXX, No. 12 – August 21, 2023 Issue
EDITOR’S NO…
OIG: Billing Code 81408 Is at ‘Risk of Improper Payment’
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 11 – July 31, 2023 Issue
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…
With Z-codes, Will Other Payers Follow UnitedHealthcare’s Lead?
By Virchow | From the Volume XXX, No. 11 – July 31, 2023 Issue
EDITOR’S NOT…
How Genomic Testing Labs Can Improve Their Relationships with Payers
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 14 – October 10, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: For payers and health plans, it may be a matter of trust that initially curtails speedy reimbursement of new and novel genomic test claims. A panel …
Insurers Get Aggressive with Years-Old Audits, Searching for Lab Overpayments
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 11 – August 16, 2021 Issue
This is an excerpt of a 1,971-word article in the July 26, 2021 issue of THE DARK REPORT (TDR). The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: Not only are health insurers looking back to find lab overpayments and funds paid erroneously, but…
Insurers Get Aggressive with Years-Old Audits
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 11 – August 16, 2021 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Not only are health insurers looking back to find overpayments and funds paid erroneously, but payers also are requiring documentation for overpayments. If clinical labs and anatomic pathology groups do not appeal such claims quickly, they may be liable for any amount i…
One Genetic Test CPT Code Earns ‘Fraudomatic’ Title
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVII, No. 17 – December 7, 2020 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Several genetic testing companies have noticed that some of the nation’s Medicare Administrative Contractors (MAC) pay about $2,000 for test claims billed with CPT code 81408. From 2018 through and 2019, the number of 81408 claims rose dramatically at just two of thes…
ICD-10 Gives Payers More Data About Lab Claims
By Joseph Burns
CEO SUMMARY: Evidence shows that adoption of ICD-10 diagnosis codes in 2015 made it possible for health insurers to track clinical laboratory testing more closely, ask more questions about those tests, and deny coverage. Increased detail about each patient’s condition has led to increas…
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