Dr. Daly Discusses…Choosing Wisely
In 2014, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation conducted a survey to determine physician views on overuse of medical services in the US that showed 75 percent of the responding physicians in...
Dr. Daly Discusses…Legionnaires Disease
A few months ago an article was published in JAMA asking the question “Why are Legionnaires Disease Diagnoses becoming More Common in the US?” In this installment, Dr. Daly discusses the several interesting are...
Dr Daly Discusses Audit Focus on Medical Necessity
One of the major areas reviewed during an audit of a laboratory performing urine drug screening is documentation of medical necessity of the testing. In this installment, Dr. Daly discusses the criteria to esta...
Dr. Daly Discusses…Adulterant Testing
In drug testing of pain management patients, it is important that a valid sample is collected in order to determine compliance with appropriate use of prescribed drugs and to identify the use of other non-presc...
Dr. Daly Discusses…Hepatitis C Virus Infection
It is estimated that more than 4 million individuals have been infected with the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in the U.S., and from that number, some 75% are infected at any given time. In the latest installment of ...
Dr. Daly Discusses…Balance Billing
At the recent Executive War College presented by the Dark Intelligence Group, there was a roundtable presentation featuring four attorneys active in laboratory legal affairs discussing “Current Issues in Clinic...
Dr. Daly Discusses… Laboratory Billing Pitfalls
Insurers and the government are scrutinizing laboratory billing arrangements where small, financially challenged hospitals contract with Medical Service Organizations (MSO) to perform laboratory marketing servi...
Dr. Daly Discusses… Government and Insurer Laboratory Audits
Clinical laboratories large and small are experiencing increased scrutiny from the federal government, states and private insurers. This focus has developed because payers have identified several areas in whic...
Dr. Daly Discusses…Liquid Biopsy
Listen to Dr. John Daly, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for COLA discuss the use of a popular molecular technology called liquid biopsy in laboratories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpqqUp8pw9g...
Dr. Daly Discusses…Rabies
Rabies is a disease caused by an RNA virus transmitted from infected carnivores and bats. While the incidence and epidemiology have changed in the US over the past 75 years, occasional human cases still occur ...