Tag: surgical pathology report

Pathologist’s Error and Hospital’s Cover-up Lead to CMS Investigation

By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XXIV, No. 13 – September 18, 2017 issue

CEO SUMMARY: In the latest chapter of an explosive case at the University of Kansas Medical Center that includes claims of a cancer misdiagnosis, an unnecessary surgery, and a cover-up that involves the former chair of pathology, the patient has sued for fraud, negligence, and civil conspiracy. After a whistle-blowing pathologist filed an earlier lawsuit,

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Medicare Special Stain LCD May Hinder Pathology Workflow

By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XXI NO.16 - November 24, 2014 issue

CEO SUMMARY: Under a proposed rule for Medicare region J-11, a pathologist will no longer be able to use “reflex templates or pre-orders for special stains and/or IHC stains prior to review of the routine H&E.” While the proposed LCD is designed to target a relatively small number of pathologists who regularly overutilize special stains,

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