Blog Posts by Date: Nov 2022
It’s Important to Know How Your LIS Stacks Up. Take This Survey to Find Out.
The laboratory information system (LIS) plays a vital role in diagnostics. The LIS is the workhorse of the lab and is vital to day-to-day workflow and functionality. This essential system supports operational efficiency, testing capacity, timely specimen reporting, analytics, and business reporting.Many labs continue to use homegrown or on-premise...
An Overview of Cybersecurity at XiFin
Marty BarrackChief Legal and Compliance Officer, XiFin, Inc. Michael ConlonAVP Cyber Security, XiFin, Inc. XiFin’s commitment to cybersecurity starts with its focus on appropriate frameworks to guide its cybersecurity efforts...
ACLA Launches “Stop Lab Cuts” Campaign Urging Congress to Enact SALSA
The American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) has launched the Stop Lab Cuts advocacy campaign, urging Congress to stop further Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) cuts under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) through the enactment of the Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act (SALSA).The campaign includes advertising, media...
Simplify Your Pathology Workflow Through Speech Recognition and LIS Integration
Physicians, pathologists, and laboratory technicians rely on laboratory information systems (LIS) to manage workloads and streamline the operational efficiency of the laboratory. However, they are often still tied to their keyboards when it comes to documenting sample descriptions, observations, test findings, and diagnoses. Thousands (or even...
The Role of AI, Analytics, and Automation in Boosting Outpatient RCM Performance
Jeff CarmichaelVP Engineering, XIFIN, Inc. Jared BlankenshipProduct Marketing Manager, Market Expansion, XIFIN, Inc. This blog is part of a series. Read Part 1 here. We recently presented a webinar to the members of The...
PAMA vs SALSA: 2023 Clinical Lab Fee Schedule Predictions
The Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) of 2014 set clinical laboratory fee schedule (CLFS) reimbursement rates on an unsustainable course of multiyear double-digit cuts. Under PAMA, the first set of Medicare CLFS payment rates resulted in cuts of 10% per year in 2018, 2019, and 2020. As a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency,...