R. Lewis Dark
Articles by R. Lewis Dark
Managing Labs in Two Dimensions in 2021
From the Volume XXVII, No. 18 – December 28, 2020 Issue
EXPECT 2021 TO BE JUST AS CHALLENGING A YEAR for lab management as was 2020. This will be true not only because of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Other important factors will complicate the operation of clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups in the new year….
Why Labs Operate in a ‘Duality’ during Pandemic
From the Volume XXVII, No. 17 – December 7, 2020 Issue
HAS IT OCCURRED TO MANY OF YOU THAT YOUR CLINICAL LABORATORIES today must operate in what I will describe as an operational “duality”? On one side, your lab must deal with COVID-19 testing. This is true whether your lab performs molecular SARS-CoV-2…
COVID-19 or Not, Lab Market Enters ‘Twilight Zone’
From the Volume XXVII, Number 16 – November 16, 2020 Issue
Our healthcare system is in a most remarkable state. Even as all providers—including clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups—continue to devote considerable resources to meeting the urgent need for SARS-CoV-2 testing, health insurers and regulators continue to issue new requirements g…
Lab Leaders Say COVID-19 Tests Needed in 2021
From the Volume XXVII, No. 15 – October 26, 2020 Issue
How long into the future will clinical laboratories need to offer COVID-19 tests on a large scale? That is the number one question confronting labs in every region of the United States. Last week, three nationally-known lab CEOs answered that question during the general session of the Virtual E…
Lab Finances to Become More Challenging
From the Volume XXVII, No. 14 – October 5, 2020 Issue
When you finish reading our story about how Medicare spending for molecular and genetic tests jumped by as much as 700% in certain states during 2019, you’ll be among the first in the nation to understand why a financial crisis is soon to wash over those clinical laboratories and pathology grou…
Coming Soon: a Different Clinical Lab Industry
From the Volume XXVII No. 13 – September 14, 2020 Issue
“Keep your eye on the ball” is an idiom that originated with baseball. The idea is that every player on the field should, at all times, know where the ball is so that they can be ready to do their job when the ball comes their way. This is excellent advice for clinical lab administrators and…
Labs Adjust to COVID-19 as a Regular Part of Care
From the Volume XXVII, No. 12 – August 24, 2020 Issue
ONE INTERESTING NEW DEVELOPMENT NOT REPORTED MUCH BY THE NATIONAL MEDIA is that the daily number of new COVID-19 cases in the United States has declined steadily in the past month. It is too early to understand the implications of this development, but clinical lab administrators and pathologists…
COVID-19 Changes Lab and Pathology Profession
From the Volume XXVII, No. 11 – August 3, 2020 Issue
WE ARE ENTERING THE SEVENTH MONTH OF THE SARS-COV-2 OUTBREAK and some public health authorities predict that new cases of COVID-19 will continue through the fall and into 2021. If true, this will not be auspicious for the nation’s clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups. The curren…
It’s a Clinical Lab Moment … But No Advocates!
From the Volume XXVII No. 10 – July 13, 2020 Issue
Nearly every day since the onset of the SARS-C0V-2 outbreak, there have been stories in the national news about clinical laboratory testing for COVID-19. No laboratory professional alive today has seen such an endless stream of news stories about clinical lab testing. This is a once-in-a-lifetime …
Where Is the FDA When Labs Need It Most?
From the Volume XXVII No. 9 – June 22, 2020 Issue
LET’S START WITH AN ESSENTIAL FACT: in the management of almost every outbreak of a novel infectious disease, clinical laboratory tests will be essential in diagnosis of the disease, in monitoring the progress of an infected patient, and in determining if, once cured, a patient has immunity to tha…
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Volume XXVII, No. 18 – December 28, 2020
There are several surprises in The Dark Report’s annual list of the Top 10 Lab Stories for 2020. Despite the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic dominating every aspect of clinical care, social life, and economic activities since March, at least one major health insurer pushed ahead with two major policies governing how labs can submit claims. In another big story, for the first time in decades, the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law were revised with new final rules. Also, Medicare lab test spending increased in 2019 despite PAMA cuts.
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