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“July 19, 1999 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

By Robert Michel, from the Volume VI No. 10 - July 19, 1999 issue

One of dermatopathology’s academic giants has been snared by a pathology PPM. A. Bernard Ackerman, M.D., will leave his professor post at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia to work with AmeriPath, Inc. and help it develop a dermatopathology center in New York City. It is to be called the Ackerman Academy of Dermatopathology. AmeriPath’s goal

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Volume XXV No. 16 – November 13, 2018

THE DARK REPORT ANALYZES a change of heart by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the way it will collect data about the lab test prices paid by private health insurers. Good news? Not so fast. The changes CMS calls for won't impact the Medicare fee schedule for two years. But on Jan. 1, 2019, CMS will make another painful 10% cut in what it pays for lab tests. Also in this issue is an exclusive look at how an innovative commercial lab company is developing ways to collaborate with physicians, health insurers, ACOs and others to improve patient care and lower the cost of care—and be paid for those contributions.

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