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Medicare Laboratory Payment Policy: Now and in the Future (2000)

Chapter: Appendix A: Acknowledgments

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acknowledgments." Institute of Medicine. 2000. Medicare Laboratory Payment Policy: Now and in the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9997.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acknowledgments." Institute of Medicine. 2000. Medicare Laboratory Payment Policy: Now and in the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9997.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acknowledgments." Institute of Medicine. 2000. Medicare Laboratory Payment Policy: Now and in the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9997.
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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.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Acknowledgments." Institute of Medicine. 2000. Medicare Laboratory Payment Policy: Now and in the Future. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9997.
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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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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.

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