The End Game

The Importance of Understanding Lab Test Complexity in Both Acute Care and Ambulatory Lab Testing | Jeff Myers

Melissa Butterworth Season 1 Episode 7

In this week's episode, Melissa Butterworth interviews Jeff Myers, Vice President of Consulting and Strategic advisory services for Accumen. They discuss the importance of understanding lab test complexity in both acute care and ambulatory lab testing settings. They also discuss the importance of department-level reporting for lab costs and lab volume as well as building a Laboratory Relative Value Unit (RVU) system. They explore the relationship between lab test mix and hospital case mix index.