R. Lewis Dark
Articles by R. Lewis Dark
Special Issue Casts AI as an Ally, Not an Antagonist
When The Dark Report switched its new issue frequency from every three weeks to once a month, a commitment to our members was to produce two special issues each year to maintain the value of the subscription. Before you now is the first such special issue. When the editors convened to dis…
MSN Called Lab Manager Work ‘Dull.’ We Disagree
It is dismaying, if somewhat predictable, to watch mainstream media attempt to distill a central backbone of modern healthcare into a list of “dull” careers. MSN recently lumped clinical laboratory managers into a …
Don’t Let CMS Cap Future Top-Line Pathology Revenue
Regulators at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have demonstrated an uncanny ability to mistake standard group billing mechanics for systemic healthcare fraud. Driven in part by a flawed report from the Maryland Health Care Commission, CMS has proposed a 4% global payment cut …
CMS Proposals on Software Create a Storm for Labs
Our August 2026 issue outlines two federal requests for information (RFI) that share a theme: modernization of the clinical laboratory. And if lab leaders aren’t paying attention, they will be left behind. Look at what the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) slipped into its 2027 Ho…
Compliance Complacency Must Instead Become a Mandate for Action in Clinical Labs
The collective complacency currently permeating our industr…
Updated Look and New Issue Frequency for Print
Risk of Complacency May Be the Biggest Threat
Prevailing sentiment at the recent Executiv…
Three Signals to Take from Executive War College
We’ve arrived back from New Orleans and the 3…
There’s Good and Bad News about Allina-Sutter Deal
Allina Health, Sutter Health, diagnostic laboratories, integrated delivery network, IDN, artificial intelligence, AI, bot, RAND Journal of Economics, …
A Whistleblower Risk for Lab Leaders to Navigate
Our lead briefing details a federal appeals cou…
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Volume XXXIII, No. 13 – Special Issue Fall 2026
In The Dark Report’s fall 2026 special issue, we review the state of artificial intelligence in clinical laboratories and pathology practices. Briefings include how AI can be a great equalizer for independent labs; why AI can help with diagnostic management team consultations; the role of AI in revenue cycle management; a case study on how AI-assisted workflow streamlined inspection readiness; and how image management systems and AI can work together.
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