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pathology reporting
Pathologists Can Still Earn Medicare PQRI Incentives
CEO SUMMARY: During 2010, the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) will pay a 2% bonus to pathologists who register and report data on 80% of their cases for the specified CPT codes. However, independent pathology laboratories still cannot participate in the PQR…
Innovative AP Reports Created by Path Group
CEO SUMMARY: Too often local pathology groups fail to react to intensified sales competition for the biopsy referrals of clinicians in their community. In Torrance, California, the 30 pathologists of Pathology, Inc. decided it was time to invest capital and resources into developing their…
Measuring Daily Productivity of Pathologists Can Be Complex
āConflict in groups stems from trying to use one measurement system to meet all practice goals. This is the pitfall to avoid.ā āDennis Padget CEO SUMMARY: Productivity measurement systems are widely used outside the healthcare industry to bet…
Clinical Lab and Pathology Informatics Merging For Internet Solutions
CEO SUMMARY: Information is where both clinical laboratories and anatomic pathologists will continue to add value to healthcare in the future. At this yearās Executive War College in May, THE DARK REPORT asked several leading innovators in laboratory and pathology informatics to share t…
Lab Information Systems Meeting Highlights Innovation, Ideas
CEO SUMMARY: Managed careās pressure to create clinically integrated healthcare delivery systems changes the way laboratories report, use and warehouse clinical data. Dr. Bruce Friedmanās annual laboratory information systems conference in Ann Arbor provided graphic evidence that tech…
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