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Role of Price Transparency During Path Contract Talks
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXII, No. 5 – March 31, 2025 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Pathology groups have a much better opportunity to turn the tables on payers and other third parties during contract negotiations if they come armed with the data and other information recommended by two well-respected pathology experts…
Negotiating Path Contracts with Hospitals, Third Parties
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXII, No. 2 – January 27, 2025 Issue
PART THREE OF A SERIES TO HELP ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY GROUPS THRIVE AND PROSPER during these challenging times, The Dark Report presents this third installment in a series that identifies clinical, operational, and financial strategies pathology groups…
AP Groups Can Protect Revenue, Pathologist Compensation
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVI No. 5 – April 8, 2019 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Many anatomic pathology groups are watching their revenue decline and margins shrink on the same or greater case volume. These trends make it imperative to have a deeper understanding of the operational and financial variables that contribute to stability in the group’s fi…
Is There A Power Shift in Pathology?
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XIV No. 6 – April 23, 2007 Issue
SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II, the dominant practice model for the pathology profession has been the private group practice. Outside of academia and a few other settings, the vast majority of pathologists practiced laboratory medicine as physician-partners in a medical group. During this same period…
Doctors’ Income Survey Includes Pathologists
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIII No. 15 – November 6, 2006 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Information on the year-to-year change in average total cash compensation for physicians shows that income is not keeping pace with inflation. That is not news to the physician community. However, pathologists continue to earn compensation that is above the midpoint average f…
Aligning Pathologist Productivity With Compensation Can Be Challenging
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 15 – November 1, 2004 Issue
“Growing interest in ways to link a pathologist’s productivity to his/her compensation makes this a widely-discussed topic within many pathology group practices.” –Dennis Padget CEO SUMMARY: Part Three continues THE DARK REPORT’S series on meas…
Measuring Daily Productivity of Pathologists Can Be Complex
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 14 – October 11, 2004 Issue
“Conflict in groups stems from trying to use one measurement system to meet all practice goals. This is the pitfall to avoid.” —Dennis Padget CEO SUMMARY: Productivity measurement systems are widely used outside the healthcare industry to bet…
AmeriPath Reports on 2003, Its First Year as a Private Firm
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XI No. 5 – April 5, 2004 Issue
WILL BUSINESS BE BETTER for AmeriPath, Inc. as a private company than it was as a publicly-traded firm? Its 2003 financial report indicates some interesting challenges, many common to all laboratories. First, a look at basic numbers. AmeriPath’s net revenues grew from $478.8 milli…
Pathology Group Conflicts Over Equity Vs. Salary
By Robert Michel | From the Volume X No. 11 – August 18, 2003 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: During the next two years, two of every three pathology group practices will see a change in pathologists, either through new hires or by resignation and retirement. These events fundamentally change the financial situation of the group, but since most groups are organized un…
AmeriPath Will Acquire Inform DX for $44.6 Mil
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VII No. 16 – November 13, 2000 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It’s another example of consolidation in the anatomic pathology marketplace. AmeriPath, Inc.’s acquisition of Inform DX, Inc. positions the company to do as much as $350 million in revenues next year. By acquiring Inform DX, AmeriPath also gains entry into six more states…
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