With the 24th Annual Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management (EWC) set to kick off next month, Dark Report Editor-in-Chief Robert Michel can’t help but marvel at how the event has grown since its inception. “We had 240 people attend the first...
Did you know? Blue Cross Blue Shield of MI withholds 5 percent of all commercial payments. That means even if you’re earning 100% of the standard fee schedule, you’re still losing 5 percent! Pathology value-based reimbursement For years, BCBSM has...
Under the old CMS 14-Day Rule, reference and independent laboratories were barred from billing Medicare directly for molecular pathology tests ordered less than 14 days after an outpatient was discharged from the hospital. Besides the obvious administrative challenges...
With United Healthcare set to unveil a national prior-authorization process for genetic and molecular testing for fully insured members on Oct. 1, most major health plans are now utilizing some form of a laboratory benefits management (LBM) program in various parts of...
After significantly cutting the technical component for a number a key of pathology CPT codes last year, pathologists should be relieved to hear the vast majority of reimbursements levels are expected remain relatively unchanged next year, according to the proposed...
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