TriCore Reference Laboratories + InterSystems TriCore Reference Laboratories Partners with InterSystems to Increase the Value of Clinical Labs Across the Continuum of Care Clinical reference laboratories perform about 13 billion diagnostic tests in the U.S. each year. It’s estimated that such tests impact specialty care decisions as much as 66% of the time 1 . The labs performing these tests are vitally important to the healthcare system. However, labs have been traditionally viewed not as an integrated and valued member of the care team, but as a commodity due in large part to their occupying only 2% of healthcare spending 2 . This perception is reflected in decreasing payments for lab services. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), through the Protecting Ac

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