Self-Referral Drives Extra Prostate Biopsy Activity, Study Suggests
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
A Medicare claims analysis compared biopsy trends in men referred for biopsy analysis by urologists who use a pathology lab to which they have a financial association, and those who see urologists that order biopsies at unassociated labs.
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