Medicare PFS: A Triple Whammy for Pathologists and Labs
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ newly released CY2014 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule outlines several initiatives that could profoundly affect Medicare pathology and laboratory services payment rates. Read more

A year after successfully launching a program in the United States to improve the diagnosis and treatment of patients with the deadly non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), ASCP is sharing the knowledge it gained with its medical counterparts in Europe. Read more

As a medical resident in Los Angeles during the early 1980s, Ann Marie Nelson, MD, FASCP, heard acclaimed infectious disease pathologist Daniel H. Connor, MD, describe his groundbreaking work in tropical pathology in Uganda from 1960 to 1963. “I said, ‘That’s what I want to do!’ ” recalls Dr. Nelson, Senior Staff Pathologist of Infectious Disease at the Joint Pathology Center, Bethesda, Md. Read more

Countries in the Middle East and North Africa are investing $14 billion to expand their healthcare facilities, including medical laboratories, to improve the quality of health care. Concurrently, the ASCP Board of Certification (BOC) is making gains to promote international certification of laboratory professionals in these countries. Read more