Digital Pathology
Potential CMS Cuts to CPT 88305 Could Cost Pathology Groups Millions
CEO Summary: In a direct threat to practice revenue, CMS has proposed to reduce payments for surgical pathology CPT code 88305. Data from Maryland suggests the number of cases billed under the code for individual pathologists is not alw…
Consortium Brings Open- Source Vision to Digital Pathology
CEO SUMMARY: American health technology company Tempus AI, in concert with two academic medical centers, recently formed a consortium that will offer a free, open-source digital pathology platfor…
Examining Roche’s Deal to Acquire PathAI
CEO SUMMARY: At first glance, Roche’s announcement that it had bought digital pathology and AI firm PathAI could be seen as a narrowing of options for clinical laboratories and pathology practices. However, insider Lisa-Jean Clifford says labs have long had access to dig…
Digital Pathology’s Next Wave May Be in Precision Medicine
We’ve noted before that the adoption of digital pathology has not been as swift or strong as originally predicted. Many factors contribute to that concern. This topic came up in a recent interview The Dark Report conducted with Imoge…
CURRENT ISSUE
Volume XXXIII, No. 11 – September 2026
In the September 2026 briefing, The Dark Report digs into a CMS proposal to cut payments for CPT code 88305, potentially based on flawed thinking. Other coverage includes the evolving role of mass spectrometry in clinical labs, payer obstacles to blood-based biomarker tests for Alzheimer’s disease, and how young pathologists can get business skill help.
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