CEO SUMMARY: There’s a day of reckoning on the way for the traditional business model of the private pathology group practice. At most risk are smaller pathology groups that typically have five or fewer pathologists. Blame it on the reduced prices that Medicare and private insurers are paying for pathology services. Another factor is the […]
Anatomic Pathology Business Faces Uncertain Future
Payer cuts to pathology reimbursement and hospitals buying medical groups are key factors
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XXI No. 4 - March 17, 2014 Issue
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