Government
A few months ago I mentioned a case involving a Colorado physician who prescribed medication over the Internet (see: Telemedicine and the Law) to a patient who later committed suicide. That physican has now been sentenced to nine months in...
Several newsworthy items in this recent mailing from CAP. Of note, a couple items pertinent to digital pathology including dermatopathology survey, a pre-conference workshop at the upcoming Futurescape meeting on digital pathology and early...
Courtesy of the American Pathology Foundation. Good news for pathologists concerning reimbursement codes, particularly for the one most widely used for biopsies. APF NEWS ALERT! CMS Agrees to Suspend...
The President has reversed a ban on federal funding for stem cell research, and it has received wide media coverage, with most reports -- including lead stories on two out of three network broadcasts...
Action AlertFrom the College of American Pathologists March 6, 2009 Your Action is Needed TodayCAP needs you to write the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today to withdraw the proposed Cytology Proficiency Testing (PT)...
From the College of American Pathologists (reposted with permission) View and print the complete STATLINE(http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/hints/index1.html) Photo: Rep. Jim McGovern Tours UMass Memorial Medical CenterAndrew Fischer, MD, FCAP...
