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Linking UroCor Indictments With Specialist Doc Pathology
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 10 – July 19, 2004 Issue
IS THE TIMING of the criminal indictments of three ex-UroCor executives going to be a fortuitous event for the anatomic pathology profession? I ask this question because the exploding trend of specialist physician groups internalizing anatomic pathology services was slated to be the…
Urology & GI Physicians Bring Pathology In-House
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 10 – July 19, 2004 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Increasing numbers of urology and gastroenterology specialist groups are deciding to bring anatomic pathology services in-house. This phenomenon has gathered speed during the past year and is becoming a threat to the long-term financial and clinical stability of the anatomic …
More Firms Now Offer Web Lab Info Products
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 2 – February 2, 2004 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Since our last vendor directory in winter 2001, the number of companies selling browser-based systems for laboratory testing ordering and results reporting has doubled! That’s a sign that laboratories recognize the need to have an Internet strategy and are taking steps to d…
2003’s Big Lab Stories Reflect Health Trends
By Robert Michel | From the Volume X No. 17 – December 22, 2003 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: At a minimum, 2003 proved to be a year of relative stability for the laboratory industry, as demonstrated by THE DARK REPORT’S “Ten Biggest Lab Stories of 2003.” The year was free of industry-wide crises and scan- dals. That allowed most laboratory administrators and pa…
LabOne Speaks Out About Use of “Free Testing”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume X No. 17 – December 22, 2003 Issue
DEAR EDITOR, In the August 26, 2002 issue of THE DARK REPORT, an article appeared entitled, “Two Blood Brothers Use ‘Free Testing’ Strategy.” In markets that we are “in-network” with various payers, this tactic of providing free testing is increasingly prevalent. While t…
ABNs, Client Billing, “Free Testing? & Medicare Rules
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume X No. 16 – December 1, 2003 Issue
BY ANY MEASURE, ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS by the Office of the Investigator General (OIG) for Medicare fraud and abuse within the laboratory testing industry was a big story during the 1990s. I wonder if we might not be at a crossroads that could take our profession down a similar path in …
“Free Testing” Strategy Stirs the Pot in Tenn.
By Robert Michel | From the Volume X No. 16 – December 1, 2003 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In Tennessee, the state’s Medicaid HMO plan has been at odds with Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, which is using the “free testing” strategy to expand its share of the market. In recent months, TennCare Select has taken active steps to insure its physicians understand tha…
Lab Marketing Strategy Triggers Legal Concerns
By Robert Michel | From the Volume X No. 16 – December 1, 2003 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: That famous phrase “everyone wants something for nothing” does not describe TennCare Select’s reaction to the “free testing” that Quest Diagnostics is performing for its beneficiaries. TennCare provides a real-world example of how this strategy can put a laboratory at o…
IMPATH Delisted by Nasdaq, Under Investigation by SEC
By Robert Michel | From the Volume X No. 12 – September 8, 2003 Issue
EFFECTIVE AUGUST 27, Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. delisted the stock of IMPATH, Inc. Less than a week earlier, IMPATH had disclosed that it was under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). IMPATH can truly be described as a comp…
Doc “Bill-Back” Policy Rewritten at LabCorp
By Robert Michel | From the Volume X No. 8 – June 16, 2003 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Laboratory compliance continues to evolve. In response to changes it sees in the lab marketplace, Laboratory Corporation of America instituted a fundamental change in its policy toward billing back physicians who fail to provide documentation necessary for the lab to successf…
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