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The most recent data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reveals that surgical pathology continues to be the highest volume Part B pathology procedure, with approximately 20 million procedures and $1.1 billion in Medicare payments in 2006—well over three times more than any other single procedure in CMS’s top 100 lab and pathology procedures, according to Washington G-2 Reports’ 2008 Medicare Reimbursement Manual for Laboratory & Pathology Services.

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April 2008 - Table of Contents

LIR April 2008 (full PDF issue)

Quest Partners With Google to Develop Portable PHR

Debt Load and Economy's Financial Crisis Put Pressure on Bostwick Labs' $100M IPO

Top 10 Lab and Pathology Tests—Surgical Path Leads With $20 Billion in Medicare Dollars

Lab Financial Benchmarks Reveal Psychemedics Tops Productivity Measures

NY Market Shift Helps Boost Bio-Reference, but DSO Benchmarks Cause Concern

Receivables, Bad Debt Could Rise as Economic Downturn Challenges Labs

Sonic Projects 20% to 25% Growth in ’08 as Federated Model and Acquisitions Pose Challenge

Ikonisys Gets CLIA Registration for Niche Reference Lab

Lab Stocks Take a Hit in March; Index Down 12% Over 5 Weeks

Stanford’s Basic Outreach Testing Unit for Sale