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Some Random Insights About LabCorp’s Thinking
CEO SUMMARY: Having scooped up a number of mid-sized laboratory companies in recent years, Laboratory Corporation of America is working to integrate these operations and continue to expand its market share. In a recent conversation with financial analyst Bill Bonnello of Wachovia Securiti…
Pathologists Contribute To Women’s Hospital
CEO SUMMARY: Speedier pathology reports and more active involvement with clinicians are two ways that the 15 pathologists at Pathology Group of the Mid-South help Baptist Memorial Women’s Hospital meet its goals of improved outcomes and a patient-friendly environment. Even with an off-s…
August 14, 2006 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Here’s some useful information for pathologists and practice administrators trying to gauge the interest that urologists, gastroenterologists, and dermatologists have in capturing the anatomic pathology revenues generated by their patient referrals (the TC/PC trend). Pathology Service Assoc…
“In-Office Pathology Mini-Labs” Offered by Physician GPOs
EARLIER THIS MONTH, two large physician GPOs (group purchasing organizations) announced that they had signed national agreements with a company that would “provide in-office pathology laboratories to their gastroenterology, urology, and dermatology member physicians.” The pathology company is th…
Pathology Clients Now Competing Against Pathologists
THIS ENTIRE ISSUE IS DEVOTED TO A SINGLE TOPIC: the exploding interest by specialist physicians in establishing their own in-practice ancillary service in anatomic pathology (AP). Once again, THE DARK REPORT is first to provide the pathology profession with a concise and insightful assessment of a di…
Office-Based Docs Want Anatomic Path Revenues
CEO SUMMARY: Specialist physicians think they’ve found gold in anatomic pathology services. Indifferent regions of the United States, urologists and gastroenterologists are taking active steps to cut themselves a piece from the anatomic pathology revenue pie. Some physician groups are b…
Labs Taught Physicians How to Do TC/PC Deals
CEO SUMMARY: As many pathology groups discover that their best urology and gastroenterology clients are taking serious steps to do their own anatomic pathology, they ask a basic question: How did their best-referring…
TC/PC: Pathology’s Barn Door Is Now Wide Open
CEOSUMMARY: There’s a degree of irony in the current state of affairs. When a handful of lab companies decided to hit office-based urologists and gastroenterologists with the sales tactic of a TC/PC arrangement several years ago, no one realized the consequences of teaching these high-r…
Technical/Professional Billing Triggers Strong Opinions
IT’S A TREND WHICH IS GAINING THE NOTICE of growing numbers of pathologists. Physician groups are taking steps to directly engage pathologists to diagnose cases. The term “TC/PC” is often used to describe situations where two different providers provide the technical component…
Lab MUEs Reconsidered, CMS Changes Course
CEOSUMMARY: It may bear are moment of common sense. Last month, Medicare officials stated their intent to exclude clinical laboratory and anatomic pathology CPT codes from the “Phase One” implementation of Medically Unbelievable Edits (MUEs). It is a positive step, and comes in respon…
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Volume XXXII, No. 6 – April 21, 2025
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