Medicare Moves Forward with Bundled Payment Reimbursement as Part of a Trend That Has Major Ramifications for Clinical Pathology Laboratories

Jun 27, 2016 | Coding, Billing, and Collections, Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Pathology, Laboratory Testing

Pathologists and clinical laboratory managers can expect that CMS will accelerate the shift from fee-for-service reimbursements to bundled payment models It is still not widely recognized among clinical laboratory managers and pathologists that Medicare program officials are serious about moving forward to replace fee-for-service provider payment with value-based payment methods. In fact, many medical lab professionals may not have heard the news from earlier this year that one-third of...

New Medicare Program Bases Reimbursement for Hip and Knee Replacements on Value-Based Criteria, Now in 67 Regional Markets

Jun 3, 2016 | Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology, Management & Operations

Medicare’s latest payment rules for joint replacement surgeries is another step forward on the path toward bundled payments and similar value-based reimbursement models  By now, most clinical laboratory managers and pathologists know about an ambitious new Medicare program that essentially brings a value-based reimbursement model to joint replacement surgeries. The program has already commenced in a number of regional markets across the United States. This new program was instituted by the...
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