STERLING REPORTER
Vol. 4 No. 4
August 2003
New Alliances for Increased Customer Service
HEMATRONIX
As a Compliance Dealer for Hematronix, we stock many reagents for your CBC Analyzer. Controls and Calibrators are shipped direct from the factory when you place an order so that you will always be assured of the longest expiration dating for the product.
We also stock Hematronix qUANTIFY Urine Controls. Please request a current copy of the Hematronix catalog.
R & D SYSTEMS
We offer a choice of Controls, Calibrators and Linearity Materials for your CBC Analyzer. Please request a current copy of the R&D Systems catalog.
ISE Savings $$$
We have teamed up with Diamond Diagnostics to be able to offer an alternative to the high cost of operating your ISE Analyzer. We can supply your Reagent, Calibrator, Control, Electrode and Accessories requirements for most ISE Analyzers at a substantial savings! Please request a current Price List for these products.
Trinity Biotech
We have become a distributor for Trinity Biotech, a world-reknowned manufacturer of highly accurate, reliable and economical Coagulation Analyzers such as the KC1 Delta and KC4 Delta, as well as Controls and Accessories. While Trinity Biotech was the supplier of Coagulation consumable for Sigma Diagnostics, they have also recently acquired many the most innovative products from the former Sigma Diagnostics Clinical Chemistry line. Please request a current Price List for these products.
Nichiryo
Sterling Diagnostics has become a prime Nichiryo distributor for Pipettors and Dispensers. For information about one of our hottest items...the Nichimate Stepper Dispenser or other dispensers, please contact us.
40 lb. Catalog
As an Authorized Dealer for Fisher Healthcare, VWR International, and Spectrum Chemical and Laboratory Products, we have over 9000 pages of products available from these sources alone! So, if you have a laboratory or if you are thinking about establishingone, we can assist you in saving a lot of time and money.
CLIA Waived Tests
We have aligned ourselves with many of the best known manufacturers of CLIA Waived Tests. Some of these simple-to-use, reliable and economical products offered are:
Sure Step (TM) brand: Strep A, H. Pylori, Mono, Pregnancy, Ovulation, and FSH (Menopause)Bayer DCA 2000+ for Diabetes managementQuidel brand: Influenza A/B, Chlamydia and G. VaginalisRoche Coaguchek S for Coagulation managementInfinity Liquid Chemistry Reagents
As a prime distributor of Thermo DMA, we have found that the abandonment of clinical diagnostics manufacturing by Sigma Diagnostics has left their Infinity line of Liquid Chemistries available to our distribution. For an updated price list covering the Infinity Line of Liquid Chemistries, please contact us.
Gamma Counters
We have become an Authorized Distributor for Laboratory Technologies, a leading manufacturer of Gamma Counters in the U.S. The Gamma Counters start from the Single Detector Genesys Gamma-I and end with the Genesys 5000 Series with up to 25-detectors. Information on these Gamma Counters may be obtained by contacting us.
Diamedix
By joining forces with Diamedix, a leading manufacturer of Infectious Disease Test Kits, we can offer both Infectious Disease Kits (i.e. Toxo, Rubella, CMV, HSV, VZV, Measles, Mumps, Syphilis, H. Pylori, Mycoplasma, EBV, etc.) as well as Auto-Immune Disease Test Kits (i.e. Anti-SSA, Anti-SSB, Anti-Sm, Anti-Sm/RNP, Scl-70, Jo-I, RF, dsDNA, Anti-cardiolipin, etc.). Please contact us for additional information.
Gloves
Our UniSeal ProDerma Latex and Nitrile Gloves (Lightly Powdered or Powder-Free) are selling at unbelievably low prices. High quality gloves at very competitive prices. Please contact us for additional information.
Sterling MultiWipes
In single boxes or cases of 60 boxes, high quality and low prices. Contact us for a free sample.
Medical Office Billing News
Code 151
According to CMS instructions to Medicare carriers and fiscal intermediaries, beginning October 1, 2003 the use of Code 151 to indicate payment denials due to excessive frequency of services will commence. For more information goto: http://www.cms.gov/manuals/pm_trans/AB03076.pdf
Some Informative Internet Web Sites
For recent reimbursement changes for Medicare/Medicaid goto: http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/clia/cliahome.htm, click on Helpful sites, then click on Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Fee Schedule
