Government
If this exception holds with any debate/discussion to follow with other organizations that have a vested interest in seeing this loophole survive, an unintended consequence of the original In-Office Ancillary Services (IOAS) exception to Stark...
The Fairmont, Washington, DC - May 5-7 2014 CAP Policy Meeting: Stand up and be counted! The CAP is an important voice for your practice and the patients you serve. I’ve worked closely with pathologists in my home state of...
State of Digital Pathology Today – Part 2
In my post about a month ago on the “State of Digital Pathology Today – Part 1” I mentioned “In part 2 I will review true market valuation and why the recent cuts to the biopsy billing code and the death of the immunohistochemistry...
The College of American Pathologists (CAP) has sent a letter to Ms. Clara Marie Smith (CMS) on behalf of Mickey Doyle (MD) in response to the reimbursement cuts now in effect for immunohistochemistry (IHC), essentially claiming that they don't...
Shared this several years ago after Dr. Uthman had produced this. Fun to look back now after 4 years and see what parts of this (many) are actually realistic as reform gets rolled out. Ed Uthman, MD, has been a practicing physician for...
News that the Obama Administration partially delayed, for a second time, the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate received heavy coverage across media: all three network broadcasts reported, and several major newspapers carried the...