The College of American Pathologists recently mentioned, as I discussed last week a study looking at the number of specimen containers collected (and billed to Medicare) for prostate biopsies for self-referring (in-office laboratories)...

>PRWEB.COM Newswire Hoersholm, Denmark (PRWEB) April 16, 2012 April 16, 2012 - Visiopharm, a leading provider of Quantitative Digital Pathology solutions, andHamamatsu, a leading provider of whole slide scanners and data management...

As the story goes that I have heard a couple of versions of, somewhere in Florida in the early 1990s, a urologist or small group of urologists, taking advantage of exceptions in the Stark Law (actually there are multiple parts to this...

The Proportionator principle is a significant advance for stereology as a discipline, which will allow scientists to implement stereological study designs also in high-throughput environments.  Hoersholm, Denmark - April 11, 2012 -...

Last month ASCP Press published a new book on pathology informatics, the first multi-authored textbook on the subject geared towards a comprehensive review of the field of pathology informatics.   Drs. Pantanowitz (UPMC), Weinstein (U of...

A CAP Statline from yesterday I saw on another blog mentions that an independent study shows the first clear evidence of self-referral of anatomic pathology services leads to increased utilization as well as higher Medicare spending and...