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XIFIN CEO White Analyzes Medicare 2018 Fee Cuts
CEO SUMMARY: If the draft lab rates that CMS published Sept. 22 for the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule for 2018 go into effect Jan. 1 as proposed, then clinical labs will see a cut of 28% in what they get paid for the top 20 most common tests, according to a recent analysis. The rates t…
PAMA Data Projections Led to Decision to Sell Lab
CEO SUMMARY: Following passage of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, officials at PeaceHealth and PeaceHealth Laboratories began to model the financial effect this law would have on this long-established hospital lab outreach program. Based on projections of a 20% cut in reven…
Test price data shows major difference between Medicare lab fee schedule and private payers
This is an excerpt from a 1,500-word article in the November 7 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete article is available for a limited time to all readers, and available at all times to paid members of the Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: THE DA…
XIFIN Analysis of Its Real Price Data Shows Hospital Lab Price Effect
CEO SUMMARY: In a new analysis of data its lab clients will use to report market prices to CMS, XIFIN Inc., reports private payers paid independent labs a weighted average price that was 19.6% less than what Medicare pays for 20 of its highest-volume tests. By contrast, private payers pa…
Market Price Data Sample From: Independent Clinical Labs
Here is the market price data for independent clinical labs from XIFIN Inc. Lâle White, Founder and CEO of XIFIN, discusses the data with THE DARK REPORT. EDITOR: When XIFIN analyzed the actual private payer p…
Market Price Data Sample from: Hospital Labs with NPI Numbers
Here is the market price data for hospital labs with NPI numbers from XIFIN Inc. Lâle White, Founder and CEO of XIFIN, discusses the data with THE DARK REPORT. EDITOR: The analysis XIFIN has done of hospital …
Market Price Data Sample from: Molecular/Genetic Labs
Here is the market price data for molecular and genetic labs from XIFIN Inc. Lâle White, Founder and CEO of XIFIN, discusses the data with THE DARK REPORT. EDITOR: When you did this analysis of molecular and genetic…
Market Price Data Sample from: Pain Management/Toxicology Labs
Here is the market price data for paint management and toxicology labs from XIFIN Inc. Lâle White, Founder and CEO of XIFIN, discusses the data with THE DARK REPORT. EDITOR: Before we discuss XIFIN’s analysis of what PAMA market …
Form 5010 Update: Medicare Extends 5010 Implementation For a Second Time, Effective July 1, 2012 – The Dark Report April 21, 2012
CEO SUMMARY: FACED WITH THE FACT that many payers were not ready to implement the 5010 standard under the …
Price Cuts, Long Delays in Payment Are Expected – December 31, 2012
CEO SUMMARY: In addition to a steep cut in the 88305 CPT code, anatomic pathology laboratories can expect cuts in the payment from Medicare for molecular and prostate biopsy testing. Two national experts in lab billing and reimbursement warn labs to expect confusion in how both pub…
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