Identifying and preventing health care fraud
Instances of health care fraud account for billions of dollars of lost revenue a year throughout the industry. Without the correct safeguards installed to help identify and end fraudulent practices, health care providers could face investigations and penalties that...
Aetna to end payments for PC of clinical pathology Aug. 1
Aetna will no longer pay for the professional component of clinical pathology beginning Aug. 1. While the insurer initially ceased in-network payments for the professional component of clinical pathology services around 2005, many groups have remained out of network...
Dr. Emily Volk on seeking the office of CAP President-Elect
During the past six years, Dr. Emily Volk, M.D., FCAP, has had the opportunity to travel the country and learn about the needs facing the profession of pathology while serving as an elected member of the Board of Governors for the College of American Pathologists...
Maximizing revenue under the BCBSM incentive program
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...
Lighthouse Acquires MJB Lab Consulting, Expanding Medical Leadership Services