Re: [Histonet] H.pylori question

2016-09-27 Thread Kienitz, Kari via Histonet
___ From: Gareth Davis via Histonet [histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 10:45 AM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] H.pylori question Okay, so I know I have heard rumors about the H.pylori testing being affected by Medicare. We currently

[Histonet] H.pylori question

2016-09-27 Thread Gareth Davis via Histonet
Okay, so I know I have heard rumors about the H.pylori testing being affected by Medicare. We currently do the H. pylori IHC stain on all gastric biopsies. Has anyone heard that Medicare will change, and we will no longer be able to do it on all cases? The last lab I worked in, in Tennessee, sto