July 2025

Lab Stakeholders Discuss PAMA Reforms

Medical labs need to brace for more action to counter pending test reimbursement rate cuts under PAMA. Although labs have received PAMA reprieves from Congress over the last few years, laboratory associations argue that Congress needs to vote on long-term reforms rather than stop-gap measures. Labs scored one victory when the Trump administration declined to […]

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July 14, 2025, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News

Late Breaking Lab News / Robert Michel

Clinical laboratories across the country that have not prepared for the potential of increased measles testing may want to consider doing so. On July 7, The Washington Post reported that US measles cases had reached a 33-year high, based on data collected by the Johns Hopkins Center for Outbreak Response Innovation. The US officially eliminated

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Effective Ways to Diminish Staff Recruiting Challenges

Laboratory Management / Kristin Althea O’Connor

Gone are the days when simply relying on basic retention efforts can keep a clinical laboratory operating. Instead, contemporary laboratory managers must take recruiting efforts more seriously, focus on community out-reach and involvement, develop new roles within the lab, and bolster training and support efforts to nurture ideal candidates over time. During his presentation at

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For AI Regulation, Look to Data Laws, FDA Action

Lab Risk & Compliance / Scott Wallask

CEO SUMMARY: AI is creating legal uncertainty for clinical labs, especially around data privacy and FDA oversight of AI tools in diagnostics. Few court cases exist yet that interpret AI use within clinical settings, but labs must watch how HIPAA and state laws wield influence. Vendor software agreements should be carefully reviewed for compliance and

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Lab Stakeholders Discuss PAMA Reform

IVD/Lab Informatics, Lab Risk & Compliance, Laboratory Billing / Stephen Beale

CEO SUMMARY: Medical labs need to brace for more action to counter pending test reimbursement rate cuts under PAMA. Although labs have received PAMA reprieves from Congress over the last few years, laboratory associations argue that Congress needs to vote on long-term reforms rather than stop-gap measures. With President Donald Trump’s administration cementing its power

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Immigration Enforcement Considerations for Labs

Lab Risk & Compliance, Laboratory Compliance / Mark Terry

CEO SUMMARY: ICE audits and immigration sweeps are on the rise and garnering plenty of public attention. There has also been a significant increase in the US government’s budget for immigration and border enforcement. With that in mind, compliance with Form I-9 regulations may be more important than ever. Learn about I-9 procedures and what

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Using Sophisticated Schemes, Fraudsters Hit the Next Level

Lab Risk & Compliance / Jillia Schlingman

Investigators and fraudsters appear to be upping their game as the government seeks to punish those filing unscrupulous Medicare claims. These aspects were clear in the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) announcement last month of the largest healthcare fraud takedown reportedly in US history. Clinical laboratory leaders will observe that while the sophistication of the

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National Enforcement Trends Will Test Labs

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

This issue is strong on different flavors of enforcement that clinical laboratories, whether they want to or not, will need to contend with. Perhaps you saw news coverage recently when the US military dropped a dozen or so “bunker buster” bombs into underground Iranian nuclear facilities. I hawkishly contend that diagnostic lab directors and anatomical

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