Mark Terry
Articles by Mark Terry
2025 Ranking of the World’s Top 13 IVD Corporations
BASED ON PUBLICLY-REPORTED 2024 DIAGNOSTICS-RELATED REVENUE, four in vitro diagnostics (IVD) companies continue to dominate the global market, as they have for the last two years: Thermo Fisher Scientific, Roche, Danaher, and Abbott Laboratories. The top 13 companies …
Quest, Labcorp Discuss PAMA and M&A with Investors
WHILE LAUDING EXCELLENT GROWTH FOR THE SECOND QUARTER, executives at Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics also expressed concern over the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA), which was passed by Congress in 2014 and which continues to cause uncertainty as full implementation is repeatedly…
Despite Trade Tariffs, IVD Firms Report Upbeat Earnings
LEADING IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS (IVD) COMPANIES RECENTLY REPORTED POSITIVE QUARTERLY FINANCIALS despite swirling concerns about trade tariffs and cuts to US federal research grants. It’s not yet clear what the long-term effect of tariffs’ will be on IVD manu…
2025 Trends in Pathology Resident Match Programs
EACH YEAR, THE NATIONAL RESIDENCY MATCHING PROGRAM (NRMP) tracks and analyzes The  Match, a system established for matching the preference of medical students applying for residency positions in the United States. An analysis of the NRMP report’s data about anatomi…
Immigration Enforcement Considerations for Labs
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 regul…
How Medicaid Cuts May Affect Clinical Labs
CEO Summary: As lawmakers debate the merits of President Donald Trump’s budget bill, it appears that Medicaid changes are on the horizon. For medical laboratories, three immediate areas to monitor include potentially decreased Medicaid recipients, federal cuts to Medicai…
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Volume XXXII, No. 13 – September 15, 2025
The Dark Report examines a new bill that would reform PAMA and avoid reimbursement rate cuts scheduled for January 2026. Clinical laboratory leaders are urged to make their voices heard in Congress. Also, an expert describes how labs can fix pre-analytical errors and avoid disaster.
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