A01=Committee on Medicare Payment Methodology for Clinical Laboratory Services
A01=Division of Health Care Services
A01=Institute of Medicine
Author_Committee on Medicare Payment Methodology for Clinical Laboratory Services
Author_Division of Health Care Services
Author_Institute of Medicine
Category=JKSB
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Product details
- ISBN 9780309072663
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 04 Dec 2000
- Publisher: National Academies Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Clinical laboratory tests play an integral role in helping physicians diagnose and treat patients. New developments in laboratory technology offer the prospect of improvements in diagnosis and care, but will place an increased burden on the payment system. Medicare, the federal program providing coverage of health-care services for the elderly and disabled, is the largest payer of clinical laboratory services. Originally designed in the early 1980s, Medicare's payment policy methodology for outpatient laboratory services has not evolved to take into account technology, market, and regulatory changes, and is now outdated. This report examines the current Medicare payment methodology for outpatient clinical laboratory services in the context of environmental and technological trends, evaluates payment policy alternatives, and makes recommendations to improve the system.
Dianne Miller Wolman, Andrea L. Kalfoglou, and Lauren LeRoy, Editors, Committee on Medicare Payment Methodology for Clinical Laboratory Services, Division of Health Care Services
