CEO SUMMARY: To date, many of the nation’s 500 accountable care organizations have launched with little involvement by independent pathology groups and clinical laboratories. That was not the case with an ACO in Alabama, however. From its inception in 2012, the ACO has contracted with CytoPath, P.C., a five-pathologist group in Alabaster, Alabama. CytoPath’s pathologists are currently paid on a fee-for-service basis and must provide detailed and timely data to the ACO.
Early Experience with Accountable Care Organization Has Lessons for Pathologists
Five-pathologist group learns importance of managing patient data
- By Mary Van Doren
- | From the Volume XXII No. 4 - March 9, 2015 Issue
- Tags: accountable care, Accountable care organizations, aco, aco model, aco models, billing system, clinical lab, clinical laboratories, clinical labs, electronic billing, Fee-for-service, Histology, lab test, lab testing, laboratories, Medicare, pathologists, Pathology group, pathology groups, pathology service, pathology services, private payer
