CEO SUMMARY: Interest by office-based physicians in creating an in-clinic medical testing laboratory is on the increase. This has direct consequences for independent commercial labs, hospital lab outreach programs, and anatomic pathology groups, since office- based physicians are a primary source of lab test referrals. One consultant says that 60% to 70% of the volume […]
Office-Based Physicians Want In-Clinic Laboratories
Consultant says number of POLs is growing as doctors seek more revenue from ancillary services
- By Joseph Burns
- > From the Volume XVIII No. 6 - May 2, 2011 Issue
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