Anatomic pathology has until now been highly fragmented. AmeriPath Inc.is the first national provider of physician-based anatomical pathology services to hospitals, national clinical laboratories, managed care organizations and other physicians. Its aim is to consolidate and bring financial discipline to these independent pathology practices so that they can collectively take advantage of managed care contracts.
Anatomic pathologists make their diagnoses based on human tissues and organ cells, in contrast to clinical pathologists, who focus on blood and body fluids. The bulk of anatomic pathology revolves...