Re: [Histonet] Fw: Dr. Matsionis

2016-10-14 Thread Dessasau III, Evan via Histonet
thank you for letting us know Rene. It is always sad to lose good friend and good professionals E-van From: Rene J Buesa via Histonet Sent: Friday, October 14, 2016 4:12:48 PM To: Histonet Cc: Maxim Peshkov Subject:

[Histonet] Fw: Dr. Matsionis

2016-10-14 Thread Rene J Buesa via Histonet
Hi colleagues:I have just received the sad news that the prestigious Russian histopathologist Prof. Alexander Matsionis passed away (see included message).Although his name is almost unknown in our field he always was extremely enthusiast about new histopathology procedures and helped

[Histonet] EBUS/EUS Pathology Billing

2016-10-14 Thread Amanda Reichard via Histonet
Happy Friday Everyone! I have a question for those of you who send a tech or a cytotechnologist to assist the pathologist with EBUS/EUS procedures... What CPT codes are you using when billing? Are you billing a technical component for the staining of the slides during the procedure? (We use

Re: [Histonet] Laboratory Developed Test LDT process example for antibodies, specifically P16

2016-10-14 Thread Morken, Timothy via Histonet
Do you mean the list required by COM.40200, or a validation procedure? The list is just a list of those test you have modified from manufacturer's instructions, or developed in-house from ASR's (any IHC test you do in which you modify dilutions, detection, AR etc). For validation, The FDA LDT