Several websites offer access to diagnostic tests
Several websites - direct labs, and HealthCheckUSA MedlabUSA MyMedLab - giving consumers the option of the same diagnostic tests to maybe get walk-in laboratories, hospitals and clinics, the Wall Street Journal. Customers need a prescription from your doctor for the test in fact, you can visit one of our websites, you select a test, enter your zip code and directions to the nearest laboratory. According to the web sites, in-house doctor approves requests for testing.The patients pay in advance for review and may have a receipt for reimbursement from an insurance company or a health savings account will submit. However, most insurance companies do not reimburse patients for the tests that were not ordered by a physician, the newspaper reported. MyMedLab by a blood test costs $ 45,
while a local hospital laboratory test costs $ 295. Customers receive screenings for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, sexually transmitted infections and iron levels. The results will be reported to the customer, and are not included in the treating physician.The newspaper said the typical user of online services are health-conscious people who want to test different conditions and make sure they do not want to pay for regular doctor visits to monitor. The pages also aim to concerns about patient confidentiality. Bruce Friedman, a professor emeritus of pathology at the University of Michigan Medical School, said: Anything that gives people a higher level of awareness of their health and take some equity is positive.David Clymer, President of MyMedLab said, were no more than 20%
cheaper - 20% of [hospital costs] is. This is how the driver must be careful consumers of health. However, some doctors fear that users understand or ignore the results, the magazine said. Edward Hill, a family physician and former president of the American Medical Association, said, [patients] what they do with the results? (Timiraos, Wall Street Journal, 20/06).Reprinted with permission from the Kaiser network.
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