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See How Medicare Texting Guidance Impacts Your Lab

Published on Thu May 10, 2018

Learn different rules for orders and results. When physicians order tests from your lab, CMS recently established a clear direction - text messages are not an acceptable way to go, even if the texting platform is secure. On the other hand, labs may be ableto text critical test results to physicians, under certain circumstances. Read on to make sure you [...]
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