One can only hope. I urge all of you pathologists who are sick and tired of the regulation and expense that comes with it to contact all you can in your patient's interest to get our costs under control. Even if I have to take a 20% pay cut, I am for it if we can get medicine affordable again to our fellow man.
There is no reason we need inspectors nosing around the room giving us a plethora of deficiencies for not checking the refrigerator temperature every day or using an extremely expensive, over-regulated reagent a few days over the date (perhaps you can buy the same reagent at Home depot for 5% of the FDA approved one). Lets see what the evidence tells us on VALUE based QC and proficiency testing in how often we actually need to do it when anyone with their brain turned on can decide if something is not working.
Perhaps we can simplify billing so that it does not part of 10% or more of our overhead.
Lets hope Trump helps end the madness that has become over-regulated medicine.
There is no reason we need inspectors nosing around the room giving us a plethora of deficiencies for not checking the refrigerator temperature every day or using an extremely expensive, over-regulated reagent a few days over the date (perhaps you can buy the same reagent at Home depot for 5% of the FDA approved one). Lets see what the evidence tells us on VALUE based QC and proficiency testing in how often we actually need to do it when anyone with their brain turned on can decide if something is not working.
Perhaps we can simplify billing so that it does not part of 10% or more of our overhead.
Lets hope Trump helps end the madness that has become over-regulated medicine.
