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Results from the GWU National Survey of Independent and Community Clinical Laboratories
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08/07/2015
CMS Announces PAMA Advisory Panel on Clinical Diagnostic Lab Tests
11/03/2014
Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems
11/03/2014
CMS Publishes Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule
09/08/2014
NILA Comments on 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule
07/11/2014
OIG Report on Laboratory Billing Provides More Questions Than Answers
07/11/2014
Summary of Calendar Year 2015 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule
06/25/2014
Special Fraud Alert: Laboratory Payments to Referring Physicians
"Direct Patient Access to Laboratory Test Results: What You Must Do to Comply." Missed the NILA/AAB/CRB webinar on July 16, 2014? Register and learn about the rule while earning continuing education credit - 0.15 CEU.
Click to register for the recorded webinar.
American Association of Bioanalysts
A Review of the Challenges Posed by Lab Interoperability with State Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) and the Deliverables Created to Mitigate These Challenges
• Click to view the State HIE and Independent Lab Interoperability Resource Guide |
Be sure to click the link associated with the AAB public website. The second link goes to the State HIE Program HITRC website and requires a password. |
• Webinar - Click below to view a NILA webinar with presenters from NILA and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. |
Background of the NILA & CRB/ONC Independent Lab Collaboration for Interoperability
In late 2012, the leadership of ONC's Lab Interoperability Community of Practice (CoP) contacted leaders of the National Independent Laboratory Association (NILA) to evaluate and explore opportunities to collaborate on several interoperability challenges unique to independent labs. In January 2013, NILA leaders presented an overview of their organization to the CoP membership. Together, the groups brainstormed potential approaches to collaboration and began identifying some of the interoperability barriers for independent labs. As a result, a collaborative workgroup was chartered with the following overarching goal:
To advance the dialogue around lab interoperability between independent labs and state HIE entities by recommending mitigation strategies or solutions to common barriers in this space.
The workgroup met periodically from March through July 2013 to identify interoperability barriers and potential solutions. Workgroup membership was voluntary and provided a balanced representation from both organizations. In addition, a representative from the College of Reproductive Biology (CRB) was added to the workgroup.
Origin of the Resources
The workgroup leveraged and further refined the preliminary list of interoperability barriers identified by the larger CoP/NILA & CRB brainstorming session. These barriers were further elaborated upon and consolidated into a final non-prioritized list. With a workgroup member facilitating the discussion on each barrier topic, the group identified solutions and deliverables to be developed which would result in a set of resources to support lab interoperability and the unique circumstances of independent labs.
Purpose of the Resources
These resources may be used as a "companion" to the "Labs Over Direct: A Toolkit to Get Started" which is a planning and implementation guide for Direct Secure Messaging (DSM) pilots with labs. This toolkit focuses on the "pre-work" leading up to the chartering of pilots. Since many of the barriers identified were related to lack of a common understanding of the interoperability business drivers and technology, this resource provides self-contained educational presentations on these key topics. The tools included support connecting stakeholders and instilling a common understanding of the terminology, business drivers, and technical options for interoperability.
State HIE and Independent Lab Interoperability Resource Guide
For documents embedded in the resource guide, please see below.