HEALTH PLAN Solution #2

Convenient Clinical Lab Access for Members and Physicians

For many health plans the balance between the provision of adequate clinical lab network access and cost is difficult. With respect to the laboratory network, health plans often restrict the panel of participating laboratories to include one or more national labs. While this strategy is cost effective from the aspect of a per unit cost of an in-network performed lab test, more often than not, laboratory leakage by non-participating laboratories typically wipes out any contractual savings.

 

In addition, neither physicians nor patients are satisfied if the contracted laboratory network is inconvenient to access.

 

Halfpenny Technologies manages multiple independent labs, including hospital laboratory outreach services, in a manner that enhances overall access to laboratory services while reducing the administrative hurdle for the health plan.

 

In addition, through the careful management of laboratories that participate in a broad array of health plans, the need is reduced for physician offices to use multiple labs and therefore risk sending lab work to a non-participating laboratory.

To learn more about the bottom line benefits that a managed laboratory network can offer to your Health Plan, contact us today.