CEO SUMMARY: Hospitals may soon insist that payers allow their in-house labs to provide outpatient testing regardless of exclusive managed care contracts with national lab companies. The migration to accountable care organizations (ACOs) and medical homes makes it essential that physicians have access to lab data across the entire continuum of care. Standardization of reporting […]
Hospitals Recognize Need for Uniform Lab Test Data
To operate ACOs and deliver integrated care, hospitals want standardized test data in their EHRs
- By Joseph Burns
- > From the Volume XX No. 12 - September 9, 2013 Issue
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