New Obamacare Mandate on Screening and Preventive Care May Benefit Clinical Pathology Laboratories

Oct 6, 2010 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

Increased medical laboratory test utilization might result from this new policy Last month, another Obamacare mandate took effect which may lead to an increased volume of laboratory tests referred to the nation’s clinical laboratories and pathology groups. Effective on September 23, 2010, health plans must cover a host of screening and preventive medical services for which patients are not to be required to pay any money out-of-pocket. It would appear that this mandate was included in the...

Senate Votes to Advance its Health Reform Bill, But Fails to Extend Universal Health Coverage to Millions of Americans

Nov 23, 2009 | Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

News Reports Estimate as many as 25 Million Americans Would STILL Lack Coverage With its vote on Saturday, the United States Senate advanced its version of a healthcare reform bill one step further. Now, in both the House and Senate, full floor debate will begin on the different healthcare reform bills that have reached the floor in each body. Looming in the background, however, is the failure of each of these 2,000-page proposed bills to extend universal coverage to all residents of the...
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