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Month: May 2016

May 23, 2016 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

Late Breaking Lab News / By Robert Michel

Patients of Health Diagnostic Laboratories who were tested between 2009 and 2014 are now being dunned by a collection agency! Creditors in the HDL bankruptcy case have engaged a Florida collection agency to go after 9,000 accounts. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, the amount of these bills totals $50 million, according to bankruptcy court documents. …

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AACC reveals details of its invitation to Theranos CEO

TDR Insider / By Mary Van Doren

This is an excerpt from a 925-word article in the May 23 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete article is available to paid members of the Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: In its latest lab industry scoop, THE DARK REPORT has reached out to American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) leaders to find out how …

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Payers Asking for Repayment When Labs Waive Fees

Managed Care Contracts / By Joseph Burns

CEO SUMMARY: Health insurers appear to have stepped up their efforts to warn clinical laboratories not to waive patients’ fees in return for specimen referrals. Consultants also say that payers are increasing enforcement efforts. There are cases where, when insurers discover labs have not collected fees from patients, they have hit labs with automatic payment …

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Lab, Emergency Department at Cleveland Clinic Collaborate to Reduce Hemolysis Rates

Clinical Laboratory / By Joseph Burns

CEO SUMMARY: Two years ago, the rate of hemolysis in blood drawn in the Cleveland Clinic’s Emergency Department was about nine times higher than the ASCP recommended rate of 2%. With a two-year cooperative agreement and funding from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the ED and clinical lab staff developed a quality …

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Do Regulators Really Protect Patients, Consumers?

Commentary and Opinion by R. Lewis Dark / By R. Lewis Dark

IMAGINE, FOR A MOMENT, THAT ONE OF YOUR LOVED ONES had gone to Theranos during the past two years to get lab tests. Assume that your loved one was being tested for significant biomarkers that directly affected the care provided to your family member for significant health issues and that your loved one’s physician had …

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Is Theranos Kowtowing To CMS over Pending CLIA Sanctions?

Clinical Laboratory / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Having ignored the profession of laboratory medicine for nearly all of its 13-year corporate life, Theranos suddenly began engaging with expert laboratorians last month. The timing of this new outreach coincides with public disclosure that CMS proposed the severest sanctions against Theranos, including revocation of the Theranos CLIA certificate. An expanded scientific advisory …

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Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes to Show Scientific Data at AACC Conference

Clinical Chemistry / By Joseph Burns

CEO SUMMARY: Theranos Founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes will be in Philadelphia to present to the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) data about the technology developed at Theranos. Conference organizers said Holmes would answer ques- tions to clarify the science, accuracy, and reliability of the lab company’s technologies and its effect on patient care …

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UnitedHealth Sues 5 Tox Labs, Says It Was Defrauded of $50M

Laboratory Billing / By Joseph Burns

FLORIDA IS ONCE AGAIN GROUND ZERO for a major case of lab testing fraud. UnitedHealthcare has filed suit against five toxicology laboratory companies, three general partners in those companies, eight urinalysis referral sources, and other entities, claiming the defendants defrauded the health insurer of more than $50 million. Filed last month in U.S. District Court …

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At Executive War College 2016, Two Big Lab Market Trends

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: What happens when 100 lab experts interact with an audience of more than 850 lab administrators, pathologists, and IVD executives from across the United States and seven other nations? A consensus of sorts emerges and during this 2016 edition of the Executive War College on Lab and Pathology Management, that consensus was how: …

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May 2, 2016 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

Late Breaking Lab News / By Robert Michel

Like the Sword of Damocles of Greek myth, market price reporting by labs under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) continues to hang over the heads of the nation’s clinical laboratories. However, instead of a threat, PAMA market price reporting may soon become a reality. News reports indicate that, as of April 21, the White …

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