Thursday, September 4, 2025

WSJ Article on Spin-offs: Insights to the Becton Dickinson-Waters Deal (AI)

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In mid-July, it was  announced that Waters would expand its clinical  footprint via a $17.5B acquisition of Becton Dickinson’s diagnostics b...

CMS Releases Part B Utilization by CPT Code for CY2024

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HEADER: If you love Medicare Part B utilization data, the agency has released its summary 2024 data files in Excel. ### CMS releases Part B ...
Wednesday, September 3, 2025

CMS Publishes Expert Panel Lab Pricing Votes (From July 23, 2025 Mtg)

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CMS is required to hold an advisory expert panel to help it price new laboratory tests.  This year, the panel brought together 10 members on...
Sunday, August 31, 2025

Dogra et al.: Does This Radiology Article Help Us Shape Coding & Payment for AI Pathology?

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This recent article by Dogra et al., clearly explains the poor fit of today's coding and reimbursement with radiology AI.  The framewo...

CMS Asks You to Comment: How to Price AI-Based Services

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Header In both the Outpatient proposed rule and the Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, CMS asks for public comment on how to price AI- an...
Friday, August 29, 2025

Digital Pathology, AI, and Coding: Why You've Got to Read AMA "TAB 94"

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There is an impending boom of new capabilities which will arrive as digital pathology plus AI or machine learning.   There will be an old fa...
Thursday, August 28, 2025

AI Writing Sample: Bio-Rad Holds Webinar on Advances in Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR)

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This past week, Bio-Rad offered a detailed webinar update on its droplet digital PCR offerings.   As of August 28, the deck is still online ...