60s and 70s – Back in the Day

·         Hospitals compensated on fee for service or cost plus model

·         Laboratory a Significant Profit Center

·         Commercial Laboratories came into existence to service physician offices

80s – DRGs are Born

·         Hospital Laboratory becomes a cost center overnight

·         Hospital Laboratory minimizes services and sends increased volume to Commercial Laboratories

90s – Wakeup Call

·         Savings on testing results in diminished care and disproportionate cost increases in other areas

·         Hospitals rebuild internal laboratories to properly service inpatients

·         Instrumentation functionality and throughput increases

·         Hospitals now have significant testing capacity and relatively low volume inpatient testing needs

Helping Community Laboratories serve their patients across the continuum of care