CEO SUMMARY: Pathology groups may feel their income is under attack from lower Medicare reimbursement rates and rising practice costs. But steps to protect that income can include carefully determining fair market value under Medicare Part A contracts with hospitals and paying close attention to what constitutes “usual, customary, and reasonable” fees. GIVEN THAT PATHOLOGY […]
Actions Pathologists Can Take to Protect Their Income
Pathology groups must determine their fair market value and advocate for beneficial contract changes
- By jpschlingman
- > From the Volume XXX, No. 12 - August 21, 2023 Issue
- Tags: cap, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS, College of American Pathologists, CPT® codes, Current Procedural Terminology codes, Executive War College on Diagnostics Clinical Laboratory and Pathology Management, Healthcare.gov, Medicare Part A, Medicare Part B, No Surprises Act, Panel of National Pathology Leaders, Pathologist income, people, performance-based incentives, PNPL, RCE, Reasonable Compensation Equivalent, Robert Tessier
