Tag: health care law

Florida Law Better Defines Lab Marketing Violations

By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XIX No. 10 - July 16, 2012 issue

CEO SUMMARY: Despite clear language in Florida’s new state law that bans the placement of laboratory employees in a physicians’ office, some clinical lab companies want to continue the practice of placing specimen collectors in physicians’ offices. These opinions were voiced by lab executives during a meeting on June 28 in Tallahassee, Florida, at the

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Did CMS Err in Issuing New Anti-Markup Rules?

By Robert Michel, from the Volume XVI No. 2 - February 2, 2009 issue

CEO SUMMARY: In the latest anti-markup rules that took effect on January 1, CMS may have unintentionally stated that the anti-markup rule doesn’t apply when a pathologist is reviewing histology slides. While the rule itself is unclear, the commentary that accompanies the rule says that supervision is not required. This ambiguity has been noticed by

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Volume XXVI No. 8 – June 10, 2019

THE U.S. HAS LOST ALMOST 18% of its pathologists since 2007. This means the U.S. has even fewer pathologists than other countries who have already suffered adverse clinical lab quality events. TDR also digs further into what this means for the industry, finding that while salaries and benefits are increasing, higher pay will come with a heavier workload. Also, in a Clinical Lab 2.0 case study, TDR walks readers through the steps Northwell Health took to help improve patient care – and add value – by using its data to identify patients who were undiagnosed or misdiagnosed.

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