CEO SUMMARY: UnitedHealthcare’s ‘Laboratories of Choice’ network in Florida accepts only labs accredited by the College of American Pathologists and The Joint Commission. In March, COLA wrote to UnitedHealth to question this policy which excludes labs accredited by the five other accrediting bodies that hold deeming status from CMS. COLA has requested that UnitedHealthcare reconsider this program requirement, but UnitedHealthcare has not yet changed this policy.
COLA Questions UHC on BeaconLBS Accredit Rules
Why would health insurer exclude laboratories accredited by five CMS-approved organizations?
- By Joseph Burns
- > From the Volume XXII No. 6 - April 20, 2015 Issue
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