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Intelligence Briefs August 2026
Report: Metro Areas Seeking Medical Talent Healthcare continues to dominate hiring in many of the nation’s fastest-growing job markets, creating opportunities for clinical laboratories competing for skilled talent. LinkedIn’s …
Breaking the Traveler Cycle: A 90-Day Roadmap to Build a Sustainable Clinical Lab Workforce
CEO SUMMARY: Fairbanks Memorial Hospital eliminated traveler dependence by implementing a 30-60-90-day workforce strategy centered on data analysis, internal talent development, education partnerships, and employee retent…
How Clinical Lab Leaders Can Take Advantage of C-Suite Priorities
CEO SUMMARY: A new industry survey by Siemens Healthineers indicates that hospital executives increasingly recognize medical laboratories as vital clinical assets. However, securing capital based on that good will require…
Intelligence Briefs July 2026
Novel Therapies, Clinical Lab Impact Novel therapies discussed at the ELRIG Drug Discovery USA 2026 conference could eventually create new opportunities—and new challenges—for clinical laboratories as more targeted treatments …
June, 2026, Intelligence
AI Moves Deeper into Laboratory Workflows OpenAI has launched “ChatGPT for Clinicians,” a free AI platform for verified US physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and pharmacists. Designed to support documentation, medica…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
CURRENT ISSUE
Volume XXXIII, No. 10 – August 2026
In the August 2026 briefing, The Dark Report explains the relevance behind CMS potentially changing how it pays for “software as a medical service”. Other topics include a look into how health system executives view clinical labs, possible CLIA updates, and a 30/60/90-day approach to reducing reliance on traveling medical lab techs.
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