CEO SUMMARY: Informed speculation indicates that private health insurers are likely to adopt some form of laboratory test co-payment if the proposed Medicare 20% lab test co-pay legislation becomes law. For hospital laboratory outreach programs, the resulting reduction of reimbursement and associated higher costs of billing small amounts to patients would prove to be financially […]
20% Medicare Co-Pay A Blow to Regional Labs
Threat exists that Medicare’s 20% co-pay might be copied by private health insurers
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume X No. 12 - September 8, 2003 Issue
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