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February 26, 2024, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News

Following an investment of $1.75 million, officials at University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) opened a new lab facility this month that allows it to double the number of medical laboratory technicians it can train, from eight to 10 to as many as 20. In its coverage of the new training …

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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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Gaining Network Access with Payers Is Often about Geography

EDITOR’S NOTE: Our column, Virchow, is written by anonymous insiders working within the managed…

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How Private Payers Audit Labs for Possible Claims Fraud

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Private Health Insurers Are Aware of Problems with CPT Code 81408

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Smaller Labs Must Verify Z-code Arrangement with Lab Companies

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

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For Labs, a Little Angel and Devil Sit Behind Z-Codes

Much lies underneath the surface of UnitedHealthcare’s (UHC) new policy mandating Z-code use for molecular tests covered under its commercial health plans. It’s a developme…

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UHC’s Z-Code Requirement to Commence on Aug. 1

CEO SUMMARY: In what may be an alarming development for certain clinical laboratories, as of Aug. 1, UnitedHealthcare will require Z-codes for molecular test claims filed under its co…

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Payers Request More Claims Documentation

CEO SUMMARY: Both anecdotal evidence from lab professionals and numbers-based data from XiFin point to a problem: More payers require clinical labs to produce more documentation that a test claim i…

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