CEO SUMMARY: Government healthcare officials in British Columbia are taking definitive steps to recast the existing status quo between private commercial laboratory companies and public (government) hospital laboratories in the province. Although the stated goals are to reduce the cost of laboratory testing, the proposed means to realize these savings may prove disruptive and counter-productive. […]
Lab Contracting Fracas In British Columbia
Spectre of province-wide competitive bidding looms following attempted lab fee cuts of 20%
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XI No. 6 - April 26, 2004 Issue
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