CEO SUMMARY: To date, many of the nation’s 500 accountable care organizations have launched with little involvement by independent pathology groups and clinical laboratories. That was not the case with an ACO in Alabama, however. From its inception in 2012, the ACO has contracted with CytoPath, P.C., a five-pathologist group in Alabaster, Alabama. CytoPath’s pathologists are currently paid on a fee-for-service basis and must provide detailed and timely data to the ACO.
Early ACO Experience Has Lessons for Pathologists
Five-pathologist group wins ACO contract, learns importance of managing patient data
- By Joseph Burns
- | From the Volume XXII No. 4 - March 9, 2015 Issue
- Tags: accountable care, Accountable care organizations, aco, aco model, aco models, billing system, clinical lab, clinical laboratories, clinical labs, electronic billing, Esoteric testing, Fee-for-service, hie, Histology, lab test, lab test utilization, lab testing, lab work, laboratories, mckesson business performance services, Medicare, pathologists, Pathology group, pathology groups, pathology service, pathology services, private payer, test utilization
