CEO SUMMARY: As of Aug. 1, Aetna will stop paying out-of-network pathologists for the professional component review of certain clinical pathology tests. Until now, the health insurer has paid for the professional component when out-of-network labs billed for clinical lab tests using the modifier 26. In a notice to labs, Aetna said it will pay […]
Aetna Ends Payment for Professional Component
Insurer says it will stop out-of-network payments for pathology review of clinical laboratory tests
- By Joseph Burns
- > From the Volume XXVI No. 9 - July 1, 2019 Issue
- Tags: Anatomic pathology, clinical lab, clinical lab tests, clinical laboratories, Clinical Laboratory, clinical laboratory tests, Clinical pathology, clinical pathology tests, cpt, CPT® codes, lab tests, laboratories, laboratory services, laboratory tests, Medicare, pathologists, revenue cycle, revenue cycle management
