There are cuts coming to IHC in 2014 - just be prepared for that as well. j
Joyce Weems
Pathology Manager
678-843-7376 Phone
678-843-7831 Fax
joyce.we...@emoryhealthcare.org
www.saintjosephsatlanta.org
5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, GA 30342
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There could be some positives- thanks for reminding us! This has been "coming
down the pike" for awhile. I think that those who have been watching the
"horizon" and looking ahead saw this change and many more to come. If you have
been working on yourself, building your skills and knowledge, an
Does anyone have the Thermo Shandon Excelsior or the Leica ASP300 S tissue
processors? What do you like or not like about the one you have? Thanks
Rhonda Gregoire, R.T.
Charge Technologist
Clinical Pathology/TSE Section
Veterinary Diagnostic Services
Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiat
True, things will change and despite all the angst probably for the better for
medical care overall.
Listen to these two podcasts from the Commonwealth Club of California for some
REAL insight into the current state of medicine (or get the book of the first
speaker)
1)
http://www.commonw
Well put. I do think too many are panic stricken over losing a job. The
work will still be there, but it might be at a different location.
Physicians are not going to stop doing biopsies because the pay has been
cut to the lab. The only thing that may cost a few jobs is if
over-utilization is curbe
Like it or not, politics played a part in the cut of 88305. So did POLs,
CAP and a host of other factors. Finger pointing in time of uncertainty
somehow makes us all feel better, but it doesn't give us concrete ways
of addressing the problem. Histology has enjoyed a fairly long period of
great rei
Greetings,
We are currently trying to optimize our processing protocols for mouse
tissue on a VIP 6 processor. Of particular concern to us is mouse brain
processing. For the mouse brain we have noticed "fraying" of the edge of
the brain. The "fraying" looks a lot like what we see when tissue
Hi Christina,
try post fixing the FS slides in ice cold acetone (in a freezer) for 30
minutes. That is what was reccommend to me when I was trying to do IHC on
ThinPrep slides.
Cassandra Davis
cda...@che-east.org
302-575-8095
Saint Francis Hospital
Saintfrancishealthcare.org
Saint Francis
Looks like rough seas ahead.
Raising my research fees 33%.
Investing to start a new patient center to do more procedures.
After that we may have to get creative.
Steve
Steve A. McClain, MD
McClain Labs, LLC 45 Manor Road, Smithtown, NY 11787 631 361 4000
Are we a bunch of catty 13 year olds or can we stick to Healthcare?
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Davide Costanzo
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 10:31 AM
To: Rene J Buesa
Cc: Fellow His
Pardon me? What do you mean by that?
Jeanine H. Bartlett
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch
404-639-3590
jeanine.bartl...@cdc.hhs.gov
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Nicely stated!
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On Nov 20, 2012, at 6:49 AM, "Weems, Joyce K."
wrote:
> There are caps on what folks must pay, folks... please read the law. There
> are many good things about the new law.
>
> Also realize that all of the changes we're facing are not part of Obamacare.
> Th
This is not a political forum. Keep your anti-President talk off this site.
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On Nov 19, 2012, at 6:49 PM, David Kemler wrote:
> Hmmm...I think more people should have paid attention to Obamacare two years
> ago when it was being shoved down eveyones throat. Oh well.. as old
Tell them Rene! Too many Fox News listeners here I suspect.
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On Nov 20, 2012, at 6:05 AM, Rene J Buesa wrote:
> The law provides economic assistance to those with low income who cannot
> afford insurance.
> It would be nice if we all read the law instead of paying attention
Me too!!
Mind you I am not in the states and not in a private health care service job.
Peter
Peter L Craven FIBMS
Pathology Department
Raigmore Hospital
Old Perth Road
Inverness
IV2 3UJ
Tel 01463 704269
email peter.cra...@nhs.net
From: histonet-boun...@li
Wow,
How disappointing. Looking for constructive ways to keep my lab
open and I get political stuff. Did you all go crazy in the 80's with Ronald
Ray-gun and the DRG's? Too young?
Bruce Gapinsk HT (ASCP)
Chief Histologist
Marin Medical Laboratories
PathGroup SF
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Hi Christina,
I agree with Rene Buesa that ideally you should have added a cryoprotection
step prior to freezing. If you snap freeze quickly enough though, you might
have gotten away with no freezing artifact. An H&E will tell you that. If it
looks like a sponge, or like frost patterns, you mig
I won't disagree that family practice is low paying relative to some
specialists.
But, pathologists and laboratories already do enough to help the income of
family practice physicians. Think about how much money they make from client
billing the lab work. And now we have to put up with these hu
"Histonet should stay free of those entanglements(political opinions)"
Funny, when I wrote that here 2 weeks before the election no one wanted to hear
it.
What has changed??
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[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.
CAP has a webinar on the web site that explains all this pretty well. Seems
like the reimbursement was increased for 88307 and 88309, so that the overall
decrease is 6% if I understood correctly. I need to meditate on it a bit.
The problem with the 88305 code is that clinicians have taken it aw
Thank you for that Glen. I agree!
Jen
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ihcman2...@hotmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 8:40 AM
To: David Kemler; Fellow HistoNetters
Subject: Re: [Hi
We can all see sour grapes about the election by simply turning on any news
channel. Histonet should stay free of those entanglements and remain focused
on discussion and problem solving.
My opinion.
Glen Dawson
Janesville, WI
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Formalin fixed tissue is not adequate for frozen sectioning unless you place it
in sucrose first before going into OCT and frozen sectioning. Spleen is
particularly difficult for its high blood contents. Ideally you should try to
obtain unfixed tissue.
René J.
Let's be a little factual. The discussion to cut 88305 has been going on for
years, even before the Accountable Care Act was passed. Lab fees (TC) and
professional fees (PC) in general have been under the gun for cuts year after
year. Health care is changing due to the unsustainable costs ass
Liverpool Care Pathway. Google it.
Paula K. Pierce, HTL(ASCP)HT
President
Excalibur Pathology, Inc.
8901 S. Santa Fe, Suite G
Oklahoma City, OK 73139
405-759-3953 Lab
405-759-7513 Fax
www.excaliburpathology.com
From: Bernice Frederick
To: Rene J Buesa ;
Hi all,
I am performing IHC on tissue that was formalin fixed for 48 hours and then
embedded in OCT. I have been using Gold Plus slides from Thermo Fisher.I
am staining rat spleen and mandibular lymph nodes. With a peroxidase method,
the tissue completely digests off the slides as soon as
Very well said Joyce. Thank you. Happy Thanksgiving to you. Best regards.
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Weems, Joyce K.
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 8:49 AM
To: 'Rene J Buesa'; Ber
There are caps on what folks must pay, folks... please read the law. There are
many good things about the new law.
Also realize that all of the changes we're facing are not part of Obamacare.
The Grandfather clause has been ending for years. Congress finally let it this
year.
Something had to
If any of the histotechs who read these posts are in a situation where their
local pathology lab may be closed because of Medicare cuts, let me know your
contact info. Perhaps I could do something to keep that lab closure from
happening.
David M. Borel, MD
Pathology Services, P.A./Dermatopat
And what about NO INCOMEan issue that many are currently
facing.
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rene J Buesa
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 9:04 AM
To: Bernice Frederick
Amen. I never voted for him
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[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of David Kemler
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 8:49 PM
To: Fellow HistoNetters
Subject: Re: [Histonet] 88305TC starting to hit the
Agreed!
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From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rene J Buesa
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 8:55 AM
To: Davide Costanzo; Webster, Thomas S.
Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: Re: [Hist
Thank you René. Couldn't agree more. As a Stage 3C ovarian cancer patient, I
would be bankrupt right now if not for insurance. I've been on/off
chemotherapy for the past five years, and at nearly $4,000.00 a treatment, not
to mention nearly $200,000.00 in surgery costs ... The monthly cost
The law provides economic assistance to those with low income who cannot afford
insurance.
It would be nice if we all read the law instead of paying attention to those
who try to scare people.
René J.
From: Bernice Frederick
To: Rene J Buesa ; David Kemler ;
But can they afford to buy it
Bernice Frederick HTL (ASCP)
Senior Research Tech
Pathology Core Facility
ECOGPCO-RL
Robert. H. Lurie Cancer Center
Northwestern University
710 N Fairbanks Court
Olson 8-421
Chicago,IL 60611
312-503-3723
b-freder...@northwestern.edu
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Fr
Tell that to all those who have pre-existing medical conditions that can now
buy health insurance.
René J.
From: David Kemler
To: Fellow HistoNetters
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Histonet] 88305TC starting to hit the fan...
Hmmm...I t
Very well said!
René J.
From: Davide Costanzo
To: "Webster, Thomas S."
Cc: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu"
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Histonet] 88305TC starting to hit the fan...
While this stinks on many levels, I have to tak
This statement is ridiculous and not worth responding to further than to say,
clearly you don't understand the CMS process.
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[mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of David Kemler
Sent: Monday, Novemb
Wow, I guess I should have considered radiology when I was going to college!
Joelle Weaver MAOM, HTL (ASCP) QIHC
> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:56:26 -0600
> From: jaylundg...@gmail.com
> To: twebs...@crh.org
> Subject: Re: [Histonet] 88305TC starting to hit the fan...
> CC: histonet@lists.utsou
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