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NYU Langone Rolls Out Digital Pathology in One Year

During an ambitious one-year project, NYU Langone Health implemented full-scale digital pathology. Although the initiative was large, a key organizer insists that smaller diagnostic labs can use some of the same approaches. Two big lessons to convey: Document the gritty details of pathology workflows with the IT team and push technology vendors to help a […]

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CAP Regains Veterans’ Affairs Lab Accreditation Contract

TDR Insider / Robert Michel

In a blow to The Joint Commission, the US Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a new clinical laboratory accreditation contract to the College of American Pathologists (CAP). The decision highlights the competition between the two accrediting organizations and sheds light on how CAP’s inspection process holds value to the federal agency. The deal could

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After Regaining its Outreach Service, Lab Grows It by $10M

TDR Insider / Robert Michel

In this case study, Kootenai Health in Idaho explains how taking back lab outreach services from a commercial lab company can improve physician satisfaction, enhance patient care, and increase revenue. Although the transition was bumpy, within two years of bringing outreach in house, those services contributed $10 million to the health system’s bottom line. This

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RESULTS Act Directly Attacks Upcoming PAMA Cuts

TDR Insider / Robert Michel

The clinical laboratory industry once again finds itself advocating on Capitol Hill for proposed legislation to deal with an old problem: test reimbursement rate cuts under PAMA. While Congress has delayed scheduled rate cuts for the last several years, PAMA critics feel a more permanent solution is needed. A new act offers hope that action

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What’s Behind the Surge in Laboratory Outreach Sales?

TDR Insider / Robert Michel

The recent CHS-Labcorp deal is one of many that highlights a market shift. Clinical lab outreach services, once viewed as strategic assets, are being sold off rapidly as hospitals recenter around core services and offload logistical burdens. This year, 30% of lab mergers and acquisitions involve outreach agreements, with national lab companies seeing opportunities to

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Clinical Laboratories Battle Complex Claims Denials

TDR Insider / Robert Michel

While the number of denials is not going up, the reasons that private payers deny claims are becoming more complex and time-consuming to appeal. After reviewing noteworthy trends among payers, learn a three-level approach to appeals that may lead to greater success and speed up the process. “The good news is that the volume of

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Lab Stakeholders Discuss PAMA Reforms

TDR Insider / Robert Michel

Medical labs need to brace for more action to counter pending test reimbursement rate cuts under PAMA. Although labs have received PAMA reprieves from Congress over the last few years, laboratory associations argue that Congress needs to vote on long-term reforms rather than stop-gap measures. Labs scored one victory when the Trump administration declined to

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Workers Use AI More than Lab Leaders Do

TDR Insider / Robert Michel

In part one of an analysis about the state of AI in clinical laboratories, The Dark Report explores how frontline workers, especially younger ones, are using AI tools like ChatGPT far more than lab leaders. Recent reports elsewhere in the business world show executives underestimate staff AI use, raising concerns about a leadership gap in

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Leveraging Data to Create Lab and Healthcare Efficiencies

TDR Insider / Robert Michel

In this exclusive interview with The Dark Report, Bradley Bostic, founder, chair, and CEO of healthcare and laboratory data intelligence company hc1 discusses trends in healthcare, how to position clinical laboratories as a strategic asset, and ways to analyze diagnostic data to improve efficiency and increase the bottom line. A key point Bostic reiterates: Third-party

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Economic and Tech Changes Drive Lab Concerns

TDR Insider / Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Uncertainty around tariffs, future regulations, and artificial intelligence (AI) defined the mood at the 2025 Executive War College, where nearly 1,000 lab leaders gathered. Speakers warned of how stagnant healthcare spending could trickle down to labs. Meanwhile, attendees considered potential tariff impacts on their lab supplies and how to navigate the threat of

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