CEO SUMMARY: In Tennessee, the state’s Medicaid HMO plan has been at odds with Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, which is using the “free testing” strategy to expand its share of the market. In recent months, TennCare Select has taken active steps to insure its physicians understand that Quest Diagnostics is not a contract provider for “included […]
“Free Testing” Strategy Stirs the Pot in Tenn.
Quest Diagnostics runs afoul of major payer as it seeks to build specimen volume
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume X No. 16 - December 1, 2003 Issue
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