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Sunday, March 8, 2009 — 7:30 PM, Convention Center 306
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- Controversies in Pathology: Sleaze, Graft and Corruption in Surgical Pathology, Version 3.0
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Moderator:
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Robert E. Petras, AmeriPath, Inc., Oakwood Village, OH
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Disclosure:
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In accordance with ACCME guidelines regarding disclosure, the USCAP policy requires that faculty members who have a significant financial or other relationship with a commercial company, entity, or service (which will be discussed in this Symposium) must disclose this to attendees. The Academy also requires that speakers disclose any products that are not labeled for the use under discussion. Robert Petras and his wife are employees of Ameripath Inc/Quest Diagnostics. The other speakers listed below have indicated they have nothing to disclose.
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| 7:30 | Introduction - Robert E. Petras, AmeriPath, Inc., Oakwood Village, OH |
| 8:00 | Overview of Irregular Business Practices in Surgical Pathology - Robert E. Petras, AmeriPath, Inc., Oakwood Village, OH |
| 8:30 | How to Compete When Everyone Seems to be Cheating - Jane Pine Wood, McDonald Hopkins Co. LPA, Dennis, MA |
| 9:00 | Advocate to Succeed - Together We Can Win - Jeff Jacobs, ASCP, Washington, DC |
This new symposium will provide updates on the gray areas of compliance such as: gifting, kickbacks, inducements, discounted client-billing, “condominium” laboratories, sham group practice arrangements and insurance exclusions. These business approaches erode the practice of surgical pathology and subvert the ethical foundation of our profession. The faculty will update the membership on these major threats to surgical pathology while offering guidance on how to compete when everyone else seems to be cheating.
Following this program, you will be able to:
1) Identify and differentiate various business practices in surgical pathology;
2) Demonstrate increased awareness of what is considered compliant with the law;
3) Acquire techniques to compete;
4) Help pathology organizations combat this threat.
The members of the ASCP Annual Meeting Committee identified the need for pathologists to be cognizant of the controversies and compliance issues affecting pathology today. These controversial “gray areas of compliance” of irregular business practices are beginning to erode the profession and practice of surgical pathology. As such, the ASCP Companion Society course was developed to increase awareness, to help recognize and to combat unprofessional business practices. |
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