Mazer R E
Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, Baltimore.
Clin Lab Manage Rev. 1993 May-Jun;7(3):229-33.
Payment for clinical laboratory services has been at the forefront of Medicare payment reform. Significant changes are likely to continue. These changes may eliminate the well-established practice of selling laboratory services to physicians at discount prices and may require laboratories to compete for the opportunity to participate in managed-care arrangements that result from federal health-care reform. Laboratories should restructure, as necessary, to ensure that they can provide testing at the lowest possible cost and to otherwise prepare for health policy changes.
临床检验服务的支付一直是医疗保险支付改革的前沿问题。重大变革可能会持续下去。这些变化可能会消除长期以来以折扣价向医生出售检验服务的惯例，并可能要求实验室竞争参与联邦医疗改革带来的管理式医疗安排的机会。实验室应视需要进行重组，以确保能够以尽可能低的成本提供检测，并为卫生政策的变化做好其他准备。
