By Jim Poggi The future for non-invasive breath-based tests A decade ago, there was not much to talk about when it came to breath tests. On the lab side, alcohol breath tests were by far the most widely known and used breath test. Recently, H. pylori breath tests for diagnosis of peptic ulcer joined the small list of lab breath tests. On the non-lab diagnostic front, … [Read more...]
Respiratory Care
PDPM implications for post-acute providers Recent regulatory changes could lead to greater reimbursement for post-acute-care operators that provide respiratory care to their residents – and, consequentially, a greater demand for respiratory therapy equipment and supplies. Under the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), implemented Oct. 1, providers that treat people with … [Read more...]
Additional Safeguards
Sell waived molecular tests? Your customers face some changes in April. Editor’s note: Bobbi Pritt, MD, chair of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) microbiology committee, answered Repertoire’s questions about upcoming changes for CAP-accredited laboratories, coming up in April. CAP-accredited medical laboratories that perform waived molecular will be expected to … [Read more...]
Contracting Executive Profile: Jocelyn Bradshaw
Jocelyn Bradshaw, Senior Vice President, Strategic Sourcing HealthTrust, Nashville, Tennessee Comments from nominator Michael Berryhill, COO of HealthTrust: Jocelyn Bradshaw leads the sourcing teams responsible for negotiating contracts across the entire care continuum, which includes nursing, surgery, lab, radiology, pharmacy and capital equipment, as well as the … [Read more...]
From ‘Kickback’ to ‘Value-based Arrangement?’
Proposed rules from HHS could change what’s accepted and what’s not in today’s expanding continuum of care On Oct. 9, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released proposed rules that would revamp parts of the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law. The proposed rules are intended to protect against overutilization of medical services while giving physicians and … [Read more...]
Healthy Reps
Keep walking, even with osteoarthritis It might seem hard to believe that walking with a painful joint could actually help reduce pain. But movement helps mitigate the pain and damage of osteoarthritis in a number of ways, according to a report in NPR. For starters, building up surrounding muscles helps stabilize the hurting joint and also increases lubrication of the … [Read more...]