fee-for-service

Using fee-for-service testing to generate revenue for the 21st century public health laboratory.

Loring C, Neil RB, Gillim-Ross L, Bashore M, Shah S  •  November 25, 2013

Objectives. The decrease in appropriations for state public health laboratories (SPHLs) has become a major concern as tax revenues and, subsequently, state and federal funding, have decreased. These reductions have forced SPHLs to pursue revenue-generating opportunities to support their work. We describe the current state of funding in a sampling of SPHLs and the challenges these laboratories face as they implement or expand fee-for-service testing.