Medicare Assesses More than $280 Million in Penalties to Hospitals with High Readmission Rates

Sep 12, 2012 | Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice, Laboratory News, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Pathology

Penalty program to reduce hospital inpatient readmissions could present an opportunity for pathologists and clinical laboratories Remember the Medicare program that was designed to target hospital inpatient readmissions? The bill is coming due and Medicare penalties are soon to hit 2,211 of the nation’s hospitals. According to Kaiser Health News, as much as $280 million in penalties will be assessed against hospitals that did meet their goals. The maximum penalty is 1% of a hospital’s base...

Medical Laboratory Technologists a U.S. News & World Report “Best Career” for 2011

Jan 5, 2011 | Laboratory Hiring & Human Resources, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology

Once Again, Medical Technologists (MT) and Clinical Laboratory Scientists (CLS) Are Top Careers Medical technologists (MT) and clinical laboratory scientists (CLS) were declared among “The 50 Best Careers of 2011” by U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) in its annual survey of high-demand careers. Editors at the respected news magazine declared “clinical lab technicians and technologists” to be the “unsung heroes of the healthcare industry.” Medical technologists and clinical laboratory...
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