Utilization review and reimbursement of cytology services in endobronchial ultrasound-guided procedures: challenge and opportunity.

Introduction: The roles of pathologists and cytotechnologists (CTs) continually evolve to optimize patient care, particularly with regard to rapid on-site evaluation (ROSE). Having ROSE performed helps ensure sufficient material is obtained for diagnosis and permits appropriate specimen triage for ancillary studies. At our institution, both on-site and telecytology evaluations are increasingly utilized, particularly in endobronchial ultrasound-guided procedures (EBUS).