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Hospitals, Pharmacies Struggle to Be Profitable

CEO SUMMARY: Pharmaceutical companies may be posting strong growth in revenue and profits. But that’s not true for the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chains. Rite Aid’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing earlier this month put a spotlight on financial stress at all the retail pharmacy c…

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FDA Issues Proposed Rule to Further Regulate LDTs

CEO SUMMARY: Publication of the FDA’s draft rule on LDT regulation starts the clock on public comment. The proposal seeks to clearly identify laboratory developed tests (LDTs) as in vitro diagnos…

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SALSA Bill Resurfaces, Poised to Reduce Upcoming PAMA Cuts

ANOTHER ROUND OF STIFF PRICE CUTS TO THE MEDICARE PART B CLINICAL LABORATORY FEE SCHEDULE (CLFS) is just months away, with the provisions of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) set to resume on Jan. 1. In…

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Outreach Nets Hospital Lab $2.5M in One Year

CEO SUMMARY: Tucson Medical Center had sold its outreach business to a commercial laboratory two decades earlier, but wanted to bring those services back to its in-house lab. Early work with the finance de…

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Don’t Automate Bad Work Processes in Microbiology

CEO SUMMARY: Automation is not always right for every lab’s microbiology department, according to consultants from bioMérieux. When evaluating automated instruments, it is necessary to review wo…

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Lab Data Crucial to Insurer Risk Adjustment Models

CEO SUMMARY: Payers who use risk adjustment models as part of Medicare Advantage need diagnostic data that helps them document ICD-10 diagnoses that earn them higher premium payments for sicker pat…

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Private Health Insurers Are Aware of Problems with CPT Code 81408

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Smaller Labs Must Verify Z-code Arrangement with Lab Companies

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Lab News Briefs: Labcorp, Tufts, Informa, HIMSS, Sanford, Fairview

Labcorp Buys Tufts’ Lab Outreach IN OUR LAST ISSUE, WE REPORTED THAT LABCORP HAD ACQUIRED the lab outreach services of two health systems in…

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Digital Pathology Rollout Was ‘Big Bang’ at University of Louisville

CEO SUMMARY: It took less than one year to achieve full implementation of whole slide imaging and digital pathology at the University of Louisville’s Department of Pathology. One decision was to s…

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