title: Successful community-based laboratory services program for long-term care facilities, Part 2.
abstract: Hagerstown Medical Laboratory, Inc., located in Hagerstown, Maryland, has an outreach program that currently provides laboratory services to 52 long-term care facilities. Part 1 of this series, published in the May/June 2001 issue of Clinical Leadership & Management Review, discussed general organization, staffing, and safety issues for their Nursing Home Program. Part 2 relates their experience with contracts, fees, and reimbursement.
authors.affiliation: Hagerstown Medical Laboratory, Inc., Hagerstown, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hawkins
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mell
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hines
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D016852:Housing for the Elderly / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008396:Maryland; D006278:Medicare; D017008:Negotiating; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States