Medicare Provider News - An article published in the Medicare Provider News No. 33, April 1997, addressed the issue of physicians ordering lab tests on themselves or immediate relatives and billing Medicare. more . . .

CLP Billing Reminder - Insurance cards and medical necessity tests.. more . . .

Syphilis EIA IgG/IgM Test - Effective April 14, 2008, Clinical Laboratory Partners will no longer use the traditional rapid plasma reagin test (RPR) as the screening test for syphilis. We plan to replace this test with TrepSureTM, a recently developed, FDA approved, recombinant based enzyme immunoassay (EIA) test that detects both IgG and IgM antibody to Treponema pallidum the causative agent of syphilis. more . . .

Medicare Guidlines for Routine or Screening PAP - Medicare provides a SCREENING pap smear/ thin prep for women every 24 months... more . . .

DNA-Guided Warfarin Management - The HILOmet WARFARIN system performs high-resolution DNA Typing to individualize warfarin management. more . . .

Clostridium difficile - Clostridium difficile is a spore-forming, gram-positive bacterium that produces exotoxins that are pathogenic to humans. more . . .

Genetic Testing - Connecticare Insurance Update - Effective January 1, 2007, Connecticare revised its requirements for pre-authorization of genetic testing procedures. All genetic testing will require pre-authorization. more . . .

Comparison of Invader HCV Genotyping Assay to Versant HCV (LiPA) Test Poster - Poster more . . .

Rast Allergy Testing and Hepatitis Testing - United Healthcare, Golden Rule, and Evercare follow United Healthcare’s medical necessity polices for the RAST and Hepatitis tests. If the medical necessity requirements are not met they will deny the claim and could possibly leave the balance as the patient’s responsibility. more . . .

Lyme Disease - Lyme disease (LD) is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi a spirochetal bacterium transmitted by the bite of Ixodes scapularis (black-legged deer tick) and Ixodes pacificus (western black-legged deer tick). more . . .

MRSA - For many years MRSA was generally confined to hospitals and health care facilities, however in the 1990’s a new type of MRSA began showing up in the community. more . . .

National Provider Indentifier - HIPAA requires the adoption of a standard unique identifier for health care providers. more . . .