RE: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-10 Thread Davide Costanzo
Windows Phone From: Pratt, Caroline Sent: 4/10/2012 10:18 AM To: Nicole Tatum; Davide Costanzo; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation I don't think it was meant as a personal attack, it's a larger conceptual issue on ethics of th

RE: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-10 Thread Pratt, Caroline
nal. -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Nicole Tatum Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:56 AM To: Davide Costanzo; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Ac

Re: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-10 Thread Kim Donadio
cole Tatum ; "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:13 PM Subject: RE: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation Very classy argument. Thank you for your eloquence. Sent from my Windows Phone From: Nicole Tatum Sent: 4/10/2012 8:18 AM To: David

RE: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-10 Thread Baldridge, Lee Ann
: Nicole Tatum; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation Very classy argument. Thank you for your eloquence. Sent from my Windows Phone From: Nicole Tatum Sent: 4/10/2012 8:18 AM To: Davide Costanzo; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE

RE: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-10 Thread Davide Costanzo
Very classy argument. Thank you for your eloquence. Sent from my Windows Phone From: Nicole Tatum Sent: 4/10/2012 8:18 AM To: Davide Costanzo; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation Really, An undertaker. Yea, theres definately a conflict

RE: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-10 Thread Nicole Tatum
cant conflict of interest. >> >> Sent from my Windows Phone >> From: Nicole Tatum >> Sent: 4/10/2012 6:45 AM >> To: Davide Costanzo; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu >> Subject: Re: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation >> Money is at the root of

Re: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-10 Thread Paula Pierce
From: Nicole Tatum To: Davide Costanzo ; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:18 AM Subject: RE: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation Really, An undertaker. Yea, theres definately a conflict here, you. No since in wasting my time. Nicole

RE: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-10 Thread Nicole Tatum
tern.edu > Subject: Re: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation > Money is at the root of all finicial decisions, in-house labs and > hospitals. There are many over utilization of resources within the health > care field. Many gallbladder surgerious are performed unnecces

RE: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-10 Thread Davide Costanzo
t conflict of interest. Sent from my Windows Phone From: Nicole Tatum Sent: 4/10/2012 6:45 AM To: Davide Costanzo; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation Money is at the root of all finicial decisions, in-house labs and hospitals. There are

Re: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-10 Thread Daniel Schneider
m: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Kim > Donadio > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 5:58 PM > To: Daniel Schneider > Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > Subject: Re: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accredi

Re: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-10 Thread Nicole Tatum
Well Said To suggest that any physician who goes into private practice and has their > own lab is any more of a money hound than any other physician at a > hospital would also be disingenuous . And of course this is about money. > It's about one group of people trying to get another group of pe

RE: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-10 Thread Pratt, Caroline
tonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Kim Donadio Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 5:58 PM To: Daniel Schneider Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation To suggest that any physician who goes into private practice and has their own

Re: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-10 Thread Nicole Tatum
Money is at the root of all finicial decisions, in-house labs and hospitals. There are many over utilization of resources within the health care field. Many gallbladder surgerious are performed unneccesarly by general surgeous who's practice are within hospitals walls. Tonsilectomy. etc. How are th

Re: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-09 Thread Davide Costanzo
Thank you for that. How are things at Hartford Hospital? One of my favorite places, rotated there many years ago. Very impressive facility! Is Dr. Ricci still there? On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Richard Cartun wrote: > This was released today. > > Richard > > Statline Special Alert: > New Evid

Re: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-09 Thread Richard Cartun
This was released today. Richard Statline Special Alert: New Evidence Links Self-Referral Labs to Increased Utilization, Lower Cancer Detection Rates Study co-funded by CAP Appears in April 2012 Issue of Health Affairs April 9—Self-referring urologists billed Medicare for nearly 75% more anatomi

Re: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-09 Thread Kim Donadio
To suggest that any physician who goes into private practice and has their own lab is any more of a money hound than any other physician at a hospital would also be disingenuous . And of course this is about money. It's about one group of people trying to get another group of people out of the

RE: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-09 Thread Davide Costanzo
Amen! Thank you Dr. Schneider. Sent from my Windows Phone From: Daniel Schneider Sent: 4/9/2012 1:47 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation This is all about the money. The rest is rationalization. The reason a group of non

Re: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-09 Thread Daniel Schneider
This is all about the money. The rest is rationalization. The reason a group of non-pathologist physicians opens an in-house pathology lab and hires an employee pathologist is first and foremost to harvest profit from pathology reimbursement. Be a fly on the wall in the partners' meetings and you

RE: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditation

2012-04-09 Thread Pratt, Caroline
THANK YOU! -Original Message- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of jdcoch...@aol.com Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 1:53 PM To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: [Histonet] Aetna and In-Office Lab Accreditati