Hospitals, Pathology Groups, Clinical Labs Struggling to Collect Payments from Patients with High-Deductible Health Plans

Sep 6, 2017 | Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology, Managed Care Contracts & Payer Reimbursement, Management & Operations

Challenges getting paid likely to continue as high deductibles make patients responsible for paying much more of their healthcare bills Rising out-of-pocket costs for healthcare consumers is translating into increasing amounts of red ink for hospitals and healthcare providers struggling to collect bills from patients with high-deductible health plans (HDHPs). Clinical laboratories and pathology groups are unlikely to be immune from these challenges, as increasing numbers of patients with...

Merger of Spectrum Laboratory Network and Carilion Labs Creates Big Clinical Laboratory Company

Jan 28, 2010 | Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

Carilion Clinic and Novant Health will continue to own equity in the new clinical laboratory company It was big news in the clinical laboratory industry yesterday when Spectrum Laboratory Network of Greensboro, North Carolina announced a merger with Carilion Labs of Roanoke, Virginia. The combined enterprise will have annual revenue of approximately $300 million and immediately becomes one of the nation’s larger clinical laboratory companies. As announced by the parties involved, Carilion...
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