Author John Daly, MD

Laboratory errors can have significant adverse effects on patients. Risk of inappropriate follow up clinical investigation reported as high as 25 - 30% based upon erroneous laboratory reports. These can have...

In 2014, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation conducted a survey to determine physician views on the overuse of medical services in the US that showed 75 percent of the responding...

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...

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...

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...

Insurers and the government are scrutinizing laboratory billing arrangements where small, financially challenged hospitals contract with Medical Service Organizations (MSO) to perform laboratory marketing...

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...

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...

All laboratories have to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), however there are common areas of HIPAA violations that do still happen. In the latest installment...

With the continuous growth of point of care or near patient testing, making sure everyone is fully trained and competent to preform waived tests is of the upmost importance. To make sure that a laboratory is...