CEO SUMMARY: Hospitals may soon insist that payers allow their in-house labs to provide outpatient testing regardless of exclusive managed care contracts with national lab companies. The migration to accountable care organizations (ACOs) and medical homes makes it essential that physicians have access to lab data across the entire continuum of care. Standardization of reporting
Hospitals Recognize Need for Uniform Lab Test Data
By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XX No. 12 - September 9, 2013 issue