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January 2025

Multi-year Prison Sentence for Genetic Test Fraud

CEO SUMMARY: In recent years, federal prosecutors are filing ever greater numbers of civil actions and criminal indictments against individuals accused of healthcare fraud and abuse. This includes prosecutions of doctors alleged to have received illegal kickbacks from lab companies in exchange for referring medically unnecessary tests. Last month, one lab fraudster received a 15-year […]

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Pathology Compensation in Different Settings, including Hospitals

CEO SUMMARY: This second installment on the series about boosting pathologist compensation uses data collected during a survey of 1,400 pathologists in 230 pathology practices by the Panel of National Pathology Leaders (PNPL). Two experienced pathology consultants identify the most effective approaches when negotiating Part A pathology agreements with hospitals and health systems, along with

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Review of Genetic Testing Companies During 2024

CEO SUMMARY: Investors in genetic testing companies are taking it on the chin these days. During 2024, a number of the nation’s largest firms providing genetic test services reported significant losses. Other genetic testing companies are dealing with class action lawsuits claiming that internet tracking on their websites violates certain state and federal laws. Added

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January 6, 2025, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News

In response to the 2021 federal law requiring all medical test results to be released to a patient’s electronic medical record upon availability, a team of researchers at Michigan Medicine recently conducted a study to learn whether patients could understand the standard pathology reports given to their physicians. The study involved 2,238 males between the

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