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HHS Draft Rule Will Standardize Electronic Signatures

Every year, payers refuse laboratory test claims on grounds that the ordering provider’s signature is missing or illegible—a situation that costs clinical labs million of dollars in missed reimbursements. This situation might change once a proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is implemented that defines and standardizes physician electronic signatures. […]

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Six Important Executive War College Themes to Help Labs Succeed

TDR Insider / Robert Michel

Clinical laboratories face business challenges with day-to-day operations, genetic testing, and evolving care delivery models. The 2023 Executive War College on Diagnostics, Clinical Laboratory, and Pathology Management returns on April 25-26 in New Orleans. Participants will learn what is changing in the healthcare and lab testing sectors, along with effective responses that can advance their

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Sanford/Fairview Merger Has Implications for Clinical Labs

TDR Insider / Robert Michel

Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Fairview Health Services in Minneapolis recently announced their intent to merge later this year. The Sanford/Fairview merger, like many blockbuster deals involving integrated delivery networks (IDN), has long-term implications for clinical laboratories. In the new issue of The Dark Report, we explore in detail the motivations behind

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Lab Accreditors CAP and Joint Commission Face Inspector Hiring Pressures

TDR Insider / Robert Michel

In an exclusive story, The Dark Report covers the difficulties facing lab accreditors the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and The Joint Commission (TJC) in staffing inspection and survey teams under CLIA. Like the clinical laboratories they accredit to the requirements of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA), TJC and CAP face recruitment and

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Joint Commission Will No Longer Accept COLA Accreditation

TDR Insider / Robert Michel

The Dark Report reports on the provocative move by The Joint Commission (TJC) to no longer recognize COLA’s accreditation program for laboratories within TJC-accredited facilities. The decision was effective Jan 1, 2023. COLA-accredited labs within TJC-inspected facilities have two years to switch their CLIA accreditation provider. The reasons behind The Joint Commission’s decision remain unclear.

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Eight Macro Trends for Clinical Labs Will Shape Diagnostic Services in 2023 and Beyond

TDR Insider / Robert Michel

The Dark Report’s “Eight Macro Trends for Clinical Labs in 2023” delivers the insights that lab administrators and pathologists will want to study as they formulate their future business strategies. These include staffing shortages, factors threatening the stability of labs and hospitals, digital pathology’s future, and the demand for pathologists. Also in our list of

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The Dark Report Announces Top 10 Clinical Laboratory Stories of 2022

TDR Insider / Robert Michel

There are valuable insights to be gleaned from The Dark Report’s “Top 10 Clinical Laboratory Stories for 2022.” Several of this year’s story picks involve external forces reshaping healthcare in the United States in profound ways. Other story picks for 2022 illustrate the most difficult challenges confronting clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups. For the

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Babson Diagnostics’ Eric Olson Outlines Company’s Innovative Blood Draw Model

TDR Insider / Robert Michel

Healthcare technology company Babson Diagnostics is pursuing a new hybrid model for blood draws that it believes brings together the best of clinical laboratories and retail pharmacies, and founder and COO Eric Olson explains the innovations unfolding at his company in an exclusive interview with The Dark Report. Olson explains how Babson intends to be

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The Dark Report Interviews the CDC’s Reynolds Salerno, PhD

TDR Insider / Robert Michel

Reynolds Salerno, PhD, had a front row view into the federal government’s response, both to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the recent monkeypox outbreak. As Director of the Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Salerno played an instrumental role in how diagnostic testing was provided during recent public health emergencies. In

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How Labs Can Improve Their Relationships with Payers for Genomic Test Reimbursement

TDR Insider / Robert Michel

This is an excerpt of a 2,215-word article in the October 10, 2022 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The full article is available to subscribers. CEO SUMMARY: For payers and health plans, it may be a matter of trust that initially ensures new and novel genomic test reimbursement. A panel of experts at the Executive War College offered insights on effective

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