Charity-FEMA Award has Broad Implications An arbitration panel’s ruling that FEMA must pay Louisiana $474.7 million for hurricane damage to Charity Hospital paves the way for a replacement facility and boosts the state’s efforts to increase the physician workforce. TED GRIGGS

LSU-Lake Deal Will Train More Physicians Shifting LSU’s medical education and hospital from Earl K. Long Medical Center to Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center could double the number of residents trained in Baton Rouge, hospital officials said. LSU now has around 75 residents at Earl K. Long and 25 or so at the Lake, said Dr. Larry Hollier, chancellor of LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans. Within the next five years, the Lake could have as many as 250 LSU residents in training. TED GRIGGS

Finding Money in the Microbiology Laboratory While several laboratory sections are very straightforward in coding and billing, such as chemistry and hematology, the micro lab has numerous “add on” procedures that are routinely performed to complete the culture report. Frequently, add on charges are never captured. BETTY HATTEN, HORNE LLP