CEO SUMMARY: Many independent laboratories serving patients in Florida are unhappy about the decision by UnitedHealth (UNH) to initiate a pilot program that calls for LabCorp’s BeaconLBS subsidiary to handle prior authorization for certain lab tests. UNH’s laboratory benefit management program will commence on October 1, 2014. Just 13 laboratories are currently listed as network
Test Utilization Targeted by UnitedHealth, LabCorp
By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XXI NO. 10 - July 21, 2014 issue