At the direction of a federal agency, state health investigators have been at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital since last week after two doctors questioned whether their contract was not renewed because they pushed for disclosure of a patient privacy breach.

Roseanne Pawelec, spokeswoman for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said the investigation is covering hospital operations and “various facets” of the pathology lab, which is part of the hospital but run by the contracted Piscataqua Pathology Associates.

“The surveyors will be looking at various facets of lab operations, including general lab systems, quality control, quality assurance, patient confidentiality and general administration,” Pawelec said. “These are areas of federal law and federal requirements necessary for the lab to receive federal reimbursement for services related to Medicare and Medicaid patients.”

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