July 2000

Beckman Coulter’s Strategy Reflects Consolidation Trends

Laboratory Management / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Rapid changes to the clinical laboratory industry had equally profound impact upon the major diagnostic companies. At Beckman Coulter, Inc., market forces triggered a decade of acquisitions and internal consolidation.The company looks very different today than it did ten years ago. Here’s a look at how Beckman Coulter views the near future for …

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Insurers Dropping Medicare HMO Programs in Various Regions

Managed Care Contracts / By Robert Michel

Several of the nation’s largest health insurance companies will cease offering Medicare HMOs in certain regions of the United States. Almost 800,000 of the nature’s seniors will be dropped from Medicare +Choice plans as Aetna/US Healthcare, Foundation Health Systems, Oxford Health Systems, Cigna, and Pacificare withdraw their Medicare HMO programs in specific regions around the …

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Express Scripts, InformInvestor.com, UroCor, Bio-Reference Laboratories

Laboratory Management / By Robert Michel

PRESCRIPTION DRUG SPENDING HITS A RECORD INCREASE OF 17.4% IN 1999 Just-released data from Express Scripts, Inc. indicates that spending on prescription drugs increased by a record 17.4% during 1999. This compares to a 9.6% spending increase for drugs in 1998. As most lab executives know, prescription drug pricing is a hot-button issue with Congress. …

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“July 10, 2000 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Late Breaking Lab News / By Robert Michel

When it comes to laboratory information services, the Internet may indeed be a competitive leveler. THE DARK REPORT is tracking a host of small software companies that already have working solutions for Web-enabled lab test ordering and results reporting installed and operating in the field. It seems the traditional giants of the LIS industry lack …

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