Acquiring Pathology Laboratory Billing Expertise, McKesson Buys MED3000, Parent of PSAPath

Oct 5, 2012 | Laboratory Hiring & Human Resources, Laboratory News, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Pathology

Positioning itself to serve accountable care organizations, McKesson agrees to buy a company specializing in medical billing and physician practice management McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK) announced an agreement to acquire MED3000 of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, earlier this week. One aspect of this transaction will be of particular interest to anatomic pathologists and pathology practice administrators. When it closes the sale, McKesson’s ownership of MED3000 will increase its overall national...

Clinical Pathology Laboratories Using Back-Office Technologies to Improve Productivity and Increase Cash Collections

Aug 9, 2012 | Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice, Laboratory News, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Pathology, Management & Operations

Strategy is to use automation and new informatics solutions to improve productivity of medical lab’s billing and collection departments Relentless pressure to cut costs is pushing the nation’s clinical laboratories to finally look at back-office functions as a source of important cost reductions. That is a new trend in the medical laboratory testing industry. “No one should be surprised by this development,” stated Lâle White, CEO of XIFIN, Inc., of San Diego, California. “When it came to...
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