Podcasts

The EAC is largely responsible for health care policy that affects the coverage, payment, and overall value of pathology services.

Just released, the new Color Atlas of Flow Cytometry offers a full range of hematolymphoid disease cases, highlighting disease categories and disease entities that may be difficult to diagnose in clinical practice. The new book can benefit students, medical technologists, and practicing pathologists, explains lead author, David Dorfman, MD, PhD, FCAP in this CAPcast interview.

This month we’ll examine the White House Budget Proposal and what it means for the pathology workforce and pandemic preparedness, why the CAP and other organizations are calling for Congress to pass an inflation-based fix to Medicare payments, and more.

As Women's History Month 2023 wraps up, we're joined on this CAPcast by CAP President Emily Volk, MD, FCAP, and Lacey Durham, MD. Dr. Volk and Dr. Durham talk about a variety of topics, including gender diversity in pathology, positive changes in health equity, and early career advice for women.

Susan Strate, MD, FCAP, and Tiffani Milless, MD, FCAP, share reasons why pathologists should get involved in advocacy at both the state and federal levels. Their discussion serves as a preview of the Finding Your Place in Organized Medicine course, taking place at the 2023 Pathologists Leadership Summit.

Over the course of her nearly 30 years with the CAP, Mary Kennedy has played a pivotal role on the SNOMED team and in the development of the Cancer Protocols. In this CAPcast for Women's History Month, Mary talks about her career at the CAP, her experiences in the field of pathology informatics, and the opportunities she sees for pathologists in informatics and artificial intelligence going forward.

Why Mitigating Risk of Cuts on Capitol Hill is so Important This Year

This month we meet with PathPAC Chair Dr. Kalisha Hill who will update CAP members on the "Back the PAC" competition for the House of Delegates. We will also review advocacy developments during the month of February: congressional efforts to address Medicare cuts, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services hit pause on the independent dispute resolution process, and the CAP's advocacy regarding coverage for special stains.

Eric Glassy, MD, FCAP, has just released a new volume of his popular Color Atlas of Hematology, which delves into the morphology, physiology, and pathophysiology of bone marrow. Like the first volume, this publication offers not only the morphology but vital statistics, illustrations, discussions, and photomicrographs, as Dr. Glassy explains in this CAPcast interview.

Peter McCaffrey, MD, FCAP and M. E. de Baca, MD, FCAP discuss the AI and Readiness course they are leading at the 2023 Pathologists Leadership Summit. They share some of the potential benefits, limitations, and implications of AI's growth in pathology testing.

Participating in a council or committee is a great way to be a part of our CAP community. Jessica Bentz, MD, FCAP, Muhammad Mahmood, MD, FCAP, and Kamran Mirza, MD, PhD, FCAP share their experiences being on a CAP committee, how they balance their personal and professional responsibilities, and their advice to anyone considering joining a committee.

This month we'll cover the updates from the FDA in regards to breakpoints as well as some of the latest COVID news. We'll also sit down with Dr. Joe Saad to discuss federal policy changes pathologists need to know about in 2023.

Moira Larsen, MD, MBA, FCAP, and Ethan Larsen, PhD discuss the Human Factors Engineering (HF) course they are leading at the 2023 Pathologists Leadership Summit. They explain how HF methods streamline processes, despite resource limitations, allowing laboratory practices to "Do More with Less."

This month we'll look at updates for Good Faith Estimate requirements, developments on MIPS, as well as important legislative priorities that were in the year-end legislation passed by Congress.

This month we'll look at remote work practices following the end of the emergency declaration, the finalization of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, MACRA improvement recommendations, and more.

Members of the New in Practice committee, Yasmeen Butt, MD, Neha Varshney, MD, and Jaclyn Rudzinski, MD, share tips to help early career pathologists prepare to conduct laboratory inspections

This month we'll highlight a grant awarded to the CAP to improve diagnostic excellence, key issues from this year's advocacy town hall at the CAP's annual meeting, and we’ll speak with Dr. Thomas Wheeler about findings from this year's Practice Characteristics Survey.

CAP Foundation President Eva Wojcik, MD, FCAP, and Executive Director Maya Ogden talk all things Foundation: its goal to expand health equity in the US and globally, its pathology-focused grants and awards, and its pathologist-led free cancer screening program, See, Test & Treat.

Marisa Saint Martin, MD, FCAP, and Michael Cohen, MD, FCAP, co-chairs of the Council on Membership and Professional Development Wellness Project Team discuss member needs as related to wellness and burnout.

In this CAPCast, Dr. Megan Kressin and Dr. Leilani Valdes chair of the Council on Membership and Professional Development discuss the work of the professionalism and ethics project team and what it means to be a FCAP.