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Archive > November, 2005 Vol. VI, No. 11

Thinking of Buying...Pathology Services

Make sure your lab is qualified, accurate, prompt and affordable.

Edited by Hamid Moattari

You can profit from pathology services when the lab charges you one rate for its services, then you bill a patient's insurer a higher reimbursement rate. Here's an example: You send a patient sample to an outside lab for testing. The lab charges you a discounted price - say, $50 to examine a biopsy. The patient's insurer then reimburses you for a much higher amount, say $100. The difference, $50, is pure profit. Be aware, however, that authorities and insurers are scrutinizing such arrangements, which were investigated in a front-page story in the Sept. 30 Wall Street Journal.

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