The new lab law. How will group practices fare? The 1990 AGPA laboratory survey.
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.
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