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Help Pass Direct Billing Legislation!
April 21, 2008—ASCP, along with the Missouri Society of Pathologists and the College of American Pathologists, is concerned about the adverse effects markups can have on the state’s health care system. more...

Judge’s Ruling Stalls CMS Action on Competitive Bidding
April 9, 2008—Southern California District Judge Thomas Whelan yesterday granted a preliminary injunction requested by four San Diego laboratories to halt the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from proceeding with a proposed demonstration project to test the viability of competitive bidding for laboratory services performed under Medicare. more...

Help Needed for Georgia Patients
February 11, 2008—ASCP needs your help! Please join ASCP, the Georgia Association of Pathologists, and the College of American Pathologists by urging your state representatives to support HB 342, which calls for direct billing of anatomical pathology services. more...

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CCCLW Addresses Growing Workforce Shortage
The Coordinating Council on the Clinical Laboratory Workforce (CCCLW), a broad-based coalition of national laboratory associations, industry partners and other health care organizations, held a two-day strategic planning session to discuss the serious workforce shortage facing the clinical laboratory profession. more...

ASCP Announces Resident Council Subspecialty Grant Recipients
The American Society for Clinical Pathology has awarded a total of $20,000 in resident grants during the academic year 2008-2009 to defray the cost of doing elective rotations at outside institutions in fields of pathology in which the resident desires intensive exposure, especially in the form of consult material. more...

Update on Pod Lab and Pathology Anti-Markup Lawsuit
A Federal judge has issued a temporary injunction in a lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its efforts to prohibit clinicians from marking up the professional or technical component of anatomic pathology services they order but do not perform. more...

Angiogenesis Measurement Using Digital Pathology
Whether for predicting patient prognosis or for measuring the efficacy of anti- or pro-angiogenic therapies, there is an urgent need for more accurate and reproducible measurements of microvessels that do not rely on tedious human measurements under a microscope. more...

Diagnosis of Hydatidiform Moles Using p57...
Diagnosis of hydatidiform moles highlights this month’s issue of AJCP. more...

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