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PAPERBACK price:$34.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources PDF Report Brief PDF SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Geographic Adjustment in Medicare Payment: Phase II:Implications for Access, Quality, and Efficiency Rewarding Provider Performance: Aligning Incentives in Medicare (Pathways to Quality Health Care Series) Other Related Titles Medicare Laboratory Payment Policy: Now and in the Future (2000) Institute of Medicine (IOM) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "Appendix A: Acknowledgments." Medicare Laboratory Payment Policy: Now and in the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2000. Please select a format: Page 173   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. APPENDIX A Acknowledgments Sue Auxter American Association of Clinical Chemistry Kathy Ayers Clinical Laboratory Management Association Vickie S.Baselski University of Tennessee Mark S.Birenbaum American Association of Bioanalysts Melvin C.Bishop Biological Technology Laboratory, Inc. Jeffrey Boothe Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly L.L.P. Tom Bradley Congressional Budget Office Geri Brennan University of Chicago Mitchell Burken Health Care Financing Administration Ted Cartwright American Society of Clinical Pathologists Bonnie Bisol Cassidy CHPS Consulting (Center for Health Policy Studies) Alan F.Cohen Physician Office Lab News Delores Crujeiras Health Care Financing Administration Brigid Davison Health Care Financing Administration Page 173 Front Matter (R1-R20) Summary (1-17) 1 Introduction (18-28) 2 Background and Environmental Trends (29-57) 3 Technology Trends in the Clinical Laboratory Industry (58-74) 4 Description of the Current Medicare Payment System and Its Historical Roots (75-99) 5 The Current System: How Well Does It Work? (100-115) 6 Alternative Payment Methodologies (116-143) 7 Recommendations (144-162) Acronyms and Glossary (163-172) Appendix A: Acknowledgments (173-176) Appendix B: Medicare Clinical Laboratory Payments: The National Limitation Amount and Its Relationship to Payment Amounts (177-183) Appendix C: Study of Fees and Payment System Characteristics for Clinical Laboratory Services (184-214) Appendix D: Annual Volume of Laboratory Tests by Laboratory Type and Waived-Nonwaived Test Status, 1996-1998, 1999-Early 2000 (215-224) Appendix E: 1998 Medicare Carrier Denial Rates (225-236) Appendix F: Committee Biographies (237-242)

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Medicare Laboratory Payment Policy: Now and in the Future APPENDIX A Acknowledgments Sue Auxter American Association of Clinical Chemistry Kathy Ayers Clinical Laboratory Management Association Vickie S.Baselski University of Tennessee Mark S.Birenbaum American Association of Bioanalysts Melvin C.Bishop Biological Technology Laboratory, Inc. Jeffrey Boothe Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly L.L.P. Tom Bradley Congressional Budget Office Geri Brennan University of Chicago Mitchell Burken Health Care Financing Administration Ted Cartwright American Society of Clinical Pathologists Bonnie Bisol Cassidy CHPS Consulting (Center for Health Policy Studies) Alan F.Cohen Physician Office Lab News Delores Crujeiras Health Care Financing Administration Brigid Davison Health Care Financing Administration

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Medicare Laboratory Payment Policy: Now and in the Future Zachary Dyckman CHPS Consulting (Center for Health Policy Studies) Jack Emery American Medical Association Joyce Eng Health Care Financing Administration Lee Feehely Health Care Financing Administration Laurie Feinberg Health Care Financing Administration Rodney Forsman Mayo Reference Services Joanne Glisson American Clinical Laboratory Association Sarah Grantham CHPS Consulting (Center for Health Policy Studies) Carl Graziano CAP Today Anita Greenberg Health Care Financing Administration George Greenberg Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services Ellen Griffith Health Care Financing Administration George Grob Office of the Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services Thomas Gustafson Health Care Financing Administration Joseph Hackett Food and Drug Administration Mike Hadad Aegis Healthcare Solutions Tzvi Hefter Health Care Financing Administration Peter Hickman Health Care Financing Administration Lee Hilborne RAND Susan Hildebrandt American Association of Family Physicians Hugh Hill Health Care Financing Administration Tom Hoerger Research Triangle Institute Christopher Hogan Direct Research, L.L.C. Devery Howerton Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Peter Kazon Mintz Levin

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Medicare Laboratory Payment Policy: Now and in the Future Celeste Kirschner American Medical Association Danford R.Layne Health Care Financing Administration George T.Linial Clinical Laboratory Management Association Brian Loy AdminaStar Thomas Marciniak Consultant Vic McVicker Health Care Financing Administration Ann Meadow Health Care Financing Administration Katie Merrell University of Chicago Henry Miller CHPS Consulting (Center for Health Policy Studies) Peter Oswald General Accounting Office Mike Palmer College of American Pathologists Elissa Passiment American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science Greg Raab Raab & Associates Paul A.Raslavicus College of American Pathologists Susan Reardon Johnson and Johnson Amy Schwartz Gray Sheet Jacqueline L.Sheridan Health Care Financing Administration Evelyn Soler Colegio de Tecnologos Medicos de Puerto Rico Charlie Spalding Computer Science Corporation Mary Anne Stevenson Health Care Financing Administration Joan Stieber Health Care Financing Administration Vince Stine American Association of Clinical Chemistry Robin Stombler American Society of Clinical Pathologists David Sundwall American Clinical Laboratory Association Deborah Thomas Health Care Financing Administration Carter Warfield Health Care Financing Administration Teresa Waters Northwestern University Alice S.Weissfield Microbiology Specialist Inc.

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Medicare Laboratory Payment Policy: Now and in the Future Dennis Weissman Washington G-2 Reports Mary Wiley Grantmakers In Health Craig Winslow General Accounting Office Mark Wynn Health Care Financing Administration

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