© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Lewis A. Hassell, Michael L. Talbert and Jane Pine Wood (eds.)Pathology Practice Management10.1007/978-3-319-22954-6_11 11. Hospital Contracts Jane Pine Wood1 (1) McDonald Hopkins, LLC, 956 Main St., 02638 Dennis, MA, USA Jane…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Lewis A. Hassell, Michael L. Talbert and Jane Pine Wood (eds.)Pathology Practice Management10.1007/978-3-319-22954-6_10 10. Payor Contracts Jane Pine Wood1 (1) McDonald Hopkins LLC, 956 Main St., 02638 Dennis, MA, USA Jane…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Lewis A. Hassell, Michael L. Talbert and Jane Pine Wood (eds.)Pathology Practice Management10.1007/978-3-319-22954-6_9 9. Practice Sales and Mergers I Married into the Smith Family; Why Am I Living with the Taylors?…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Lewis A. Hassell, Michael L. Talbert and Jane Pine Wood (eds.)Pathology Practice Management10.1007/978-3-319-22954-6_8 8. More Complex Arrangements Michael L. Talbert1 (1) Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 940 Stanton…
Pathologist Specialty RVU Collections (US$) Dr. Jones Dermatopathology 11,000 425,000 Dr. Howard Pediatric pathology 5500 250,000 Dr. Free Breast pathology 3100 100,000 RVU relative value unit Dr. Smith scratched his…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Lewis A. Hassell, Michael L. Talbert and Jane Pine Wood (eds.)Pathology Practice Management10.1007/978-3-319-22954-6_6 6. Current Major Trends and Considerations for the Future Michael L. Talbert1 (1) Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma…
Stage Description pTX Primary tumor cannot be assessed pT0 No evidence of primary tumor pTis Melanoma in situ pT1a Melanoma 1.0 mm or less in thickness, no ulceration, <1 mitoses/mm2…
Fig. 12.1 Age distribution for 302 patients with neurothekeoma (compiled from [9, 14]) Fig. 12.2 Neurothekeoma, shown here as a well-defined, red-pink nodule. The unusually prominent, arborizing vasculature seen beneath…
Fig. 10.1 Blue nevus. (a) Pigmented fusiform and dendritic cells between thickened collagen fibers (×10). (b) Note the delicate branched dendritic processes (×40) Cellular Blue Nevus The cellular variant of…
Clinical and dermoscopic findings Acral nevus Acral lentiginous melanoma Onset Childhood and adolescence Middle-aged adult and elderly Symmetry (A) Symmetry Asymmetry Border (B) Sharp, irregular Irregular Color (C) Homogeneous or…
