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LabCorp’s Plans for Docs, Pathologists and Labs
WHAT’S IN THE FUTURE FOR PHYSICIANS, PATHOLOGISTS, AND CLINICAL LABORATORIES if Laboratory Corporation of America’s strategy for managing lab test utilization is deployed across the country per the company’s plan? For the nation’s physicians, LabCorp’s BeaconLBS system will be required when …
Lab Test Utilization Delivers Big Gains at Cleveland Clinic
CEO SUMMARY: Since the launch of a laboratory test utilization program in 2011 at the Cleveland Clinic, more than 35,000 duplicate or inappropriate test orders have been stopped. The test utilization team introduced five initiatives that are not designed to cut spending but to in…
Some Labs Report Faster Pay for Molecular, Genetic Tests
DURING RECENT MONTHS, some labs are reporting improvement in how their claims for certain molecular and genetic tests are being reimbursed. This is progress from the financial crises experienced during 2013 for many labs performing molecular and genetic tests….
Fewer Blood Draws at UCSF Boost Patient Satisfaction
CEO SUMMARY: Physician residents at the UCSF School of Medicine set a target of reducing unnecessary blood draws. By eliminating needless needle sticks, the residents are focusing on patient experience while also encouraging physicians to pay more attention to the need to decreas…
New Lab Industry Trends Require Responses by Labs
CEO SUMMARY: One stark difference between the presentations delivered at last year’s Executive War College and this year’s presentations in New Orleans last week was near-unanimous recognition that the era of fee-for-service payment is soon to end! Speaker after speaker urged the…
Labs Have High Interest in Theranos and BeaconLBS
WHAT ARE PATHOLOGISTS AND LAB EXECUTIVES TALKING ABOUT when they gather at lab industry conferences? If the hallway chats between sessions and dinner conversations that occurred last week at the 20th annual Executive War College are representative, then the clinical lab profession is closely …
LabCorp Prepares to Expand Direct-to-Consumer Test Program
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS MAKE IT SEEM as if lab test orders signed by physicians might soon go out of style. Last month in Arizona, Theranos played a role in changing a state law that now lets consumers order their own clinical laboratory tests without a physician’s order. Then, before the end of …
May 11, 2015 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
Last month, TriCore Reference Laboratories of Albuquerque, New Mexico, announced that it had purchased the Rhodes Group, of Vernon, Connecticut. Rhodes Group provides data integration services for labs and other healthcare providers. TriCore had long been a customer of Rhodes Group. Tr…
Our Editor Describes Visit to Theranos Test Center
CEO SUMMARY: Theranos now operates wellness centers in Walgreens in Palo Alto, California, and Phoenix, Arizona. It continues to claim it is transforming the lab testing experience for patients and physicians. It says it can perform hundreds of lab tests, using a finger stick col…
What Labs Need to Do as Payers Audit More Claims
CEO SUMMARY: Attorneys who advise pathologists and clinical laboratories on compliance issues say the number of audits from the government and third-party payers has increased sharply in recent years. In those audits, payers are looking for recoupment of overpayments. A lab’s fai…
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