PHYSICIAN OFFICE LABORATORY
Healthcare is an ever-changing field. With insurance companies making it harder and harder to collect, ancillary revenue streams become more important to make an office profitable. Heritage Lab Services is able to take a test you are already having performed by a reference laboratory and capture a portion of the revenue in-office. Instruments may be placed in the physician offices to perform the screening, confirmatory or both portions of urine drug testing. Typically, a combination of current volume and insurance mix dictate which instrument makes the most sense for each office. Our goal is to streamline testing to improve patient care.
You may think that the addition of a laboratory is overwhelming and time consuming. With our assistance we will make it a simple and seamless process. We will help your office implement a urine testing plan, that is 100% compliant, increase the patient care and will help increase your profitability. We will help guide your billing department to stay current if updated codes and assist with billing codes to the best of our abilities.
Start-Up Process:
1. We will assess your business plan, address costs and create a laboratory build-out plan
2. We will begin creating test menus, choosing equipment, software and supplies specifically to your office's needs.
3. We will submit the applications for CLIA certificate and State license(s).
4. We will recruit the necessary personnel to help your lab to run efficiently.
5. Our experts will assist in writing Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs), method development, validation of equipment and train staff on how to properly run specimens.
6. Assist and ensure passing of initial and reoccurring inspections.
7. We offer our continued support throughout the life of your laboratory.