title: The new lab law. How will group practices fare? The 1990 AGPA laboratory survey.
abstract: The cost of doing business will increase due to the fact that hospital and reference labs charges will be higher than the cost of performing tests on-site. These higher costs will be reflected in higher charges to patients. Patients will lose the ability to have face-to-face discussion with physicians regarding lab results.
authors.affiliation: American Group Practice Association.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Weiner
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D002568:Certification / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006123:Group Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007753:Laboratories / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000592:standards; D012955:Societies, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States