[Histonet] Devasting news on 88305TC component--Where the $18 came from

[joelle weaver]

Does anyone have a link to this article?




Joelle Weaver MAOM, HTL (ASCP) QIHC
 > Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 13:19:46 -0600
> From: LRaff <@t> uropartners.com
> To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: FW: [Histonet] Devasting news on 88305TC component--Where the $18	came from
> 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 12:35 PM
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> Subject: RE: [Histonet] Devasting news on 88305TC component--Where the
> $18 came from
> 
> The $18.00 figure came from an article published in Archives of
> Pathology and Lab Medicine: 
> 
> Pathology Economic Model Tool
> A Novel Approach to Workflow and Budget Cost Analysis in an Anatomic
> Pathology Laboratory
> David Muirhead, BSc; Patricia Aoun, MD, MPH; Michael Powell, MS, FASHP;
> Flemming Juncker, MBA; Jens Mollerup, MSc, PhD
> 
> 
> (Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2010;134:1164-1169)
> 
> Thanks to Joe Plandowski of IOL for providing me with the reference.
> 
> Lester J. Raff, MD
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Webster,
> Thomas S.
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 3:01 PM
> To: 'histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu'
> Subject: [Histonet] Devasting news on 88305TC component
> 
> I wish there was a way to put a positive spin on this but  I can't think
> of any. We can only hope it kills off client billing somehow.
> 
> Whomever the "stakeholder" was that told CMS a typical 88305 costs 18
> bucks, I'd love to know how he/she came up with that number. It's
> insultingly low.
> 
> http://www.acla.com/sites/default/files/ACLA%20comments%202012%20PFS%20p
> roposed%20rule%208-30-11_3.pdf
> 
> I believe whoever it was had the goal to stop the proliferation of POLs.
> Wouldn't surprise me if they worked for a large national lab that had
> lost a lot of business to POLs.
> 
> 
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