Where can I find a list of your insurance plans?
A full list of the current plans participating with Carolinas Pathology is available by clicking HERE.  Insurance participation is subject to change--please contact our office for further details.

Are you a part of Carolinas Medical Center?
Carolinas Pathology Group is a group of twenty pathologists and three Ph.D. scientists who are contracted by Carolinas Healthcare System to provide pathology services to seven medical facilities. These physicians provide medical directorship of the clinical laboratories at all CHS facilities.

When will our office have specimen results?
For routine and biopsy specimens, you may expect a result within 24 hours of receipt in our laboratory. If further studies are required, the turn around time may be longer. More complex cases require longer. Consultation cases average 3 days, but additional testing may be necessary to complete the case.

What is the turn around time for the Breast Cancer Panel (Her 2 neu, ER/PR)?
You should have a final report within two weeks from the time the panel is ordered.

When will we get our reports, and how will we receive them?  
Reports for routine specimens are usually available within 24 hours of receipt.  Fax is the fastest, most efficient method of report delivery.  Faxed reports arrive at your office shortly after the case is completed by the pathologist.

Why do my patients get a bill from both Carolinas Laboratory Network and Carolinas Pathology Group?
Your patient's specimen has been referred to Carolinas Laboratory Network for processing.  The patient or patient's insurance can expect a bill for the technical portion of the test.  The professional component evaluation performed by members of the Carolinas Pathology Group will also be billed to the patient or patient's insurance.

How are professional component fees billed by Carolinas Pathology Group? 
These physician services may be billed by the pathologist to the patient (or the patient’s insurer) or to the hospital as the pathologist and hospital may agree. Medicare rules require pathologists to seek payment from the hospital for the professional component of clinical pathology services to Medicare patients because the hospital’s Medicare payment rate includes payment for these physician services. Pathologists and hospitals often negotiate a different billing arrangement for the pathologist’s professional services for non-Medicare patients. The pathologist may bill a professional component for clinical laboratory services to the patient, and the hospital may bill the technical component. The hospital’s bill for the technical component covers hospital costs for laboratory equipment, supplies and non-physician personnel.

Professional component billing is one valid method of billing for the professional services of pathologists in the clinical laboratory. In many communities the standard practice is for the pathologist to direct bill patients for the professional component of clinical laboratory services. When the pathologist bills a professional component to a non-Medicare patient, no payment is made by the hospital to the pathologist for this service. 

How does Carolinas Pathology Group use my Protected Health Information?
For a complete copy of our HIPAA Privacy Statement for Carolinas Pathology Group and Celligent Diagnostics click here. The notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed, and how you can get access top this information. If you have any questions or requests, please contact: Sherry Rumbough, Privacy Officer at 704-973-2494.
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