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Ultimate Clinical Lab Automation: WakeMed Uses Drone to Deliver Patient Specimens

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This is an excerpt from a 1,550-word article in the April 8, 2019 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: For two years, clinical lab professionals at WakeMed Health and Hospitals have tested the use of aerial drones to transport patient specimens from …

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Best Ways to Gather, Access, Report PAMA Lab Test Price Data to CMS

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This is an excerpt from a 2,900-word article in the March 18, 2019 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: This is the first lab industry intelligence briefing which presents the lessons learned by a hospital system lab when it gathered, analyzed, and …

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PAMA Price Cuts Reduce Revenue at Two National Labs

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This is an excerpt from a 1,500-word article in the Feb. 25, 2019 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: In their respective earnings reports for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2018, executives at both Laboratory Corporation of America and …

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Critical Lessons for Labs That Report PAMA Medicare Data

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This is an excerpt from a 1,565-word article in the Feb.4 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The full article is available to paid members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: With most hospitals now included as “applicable laboratories” in the PAMA Medicare price reporting guidelines and required to report their private payer lab test price data, …

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Is There a Future for Hospital Lab Outreach Programs?

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CEO SUMMARY: This will be one of the most challenging years facing the clinical lab industry since the early 1990s. The CMS scheme to collect private payer lab test prices and use that data to set Medicare clinical laboratory test prices is proving to be an indiscriminate tool that is poised to undermine the financial integrity of many labs, …

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2019 Outlook: Lab Industry Future Looks Dire, From Reactions to Recent Medicare Fraud Cases to PAMA Reporting and Other Stress Factors

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CEO SUMMARY: This year’s list of the Top 10 Lab Industry Stories for 2018 is dominated by new directives from Medicare and private health insurers, as well as significant decisions by federal courts. Collectively, these developments create new compliance risks for all clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups. What is more notable about these top …

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New Opioid Law Goes Beyond – Far Beyond – Anti-Kickback Statute

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CEO SUMMARY: At the last minute, Congress added all clinical laboratories to a far-reaching provision in the newly-enacted Support for Patients and Communities Act. Unlike the Anti-Kickback Statute, this provision applies to all payers, both government and private, and offers no safe harbors. Lab experts say this new law could turn relatively innocuous and heretofore …

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CMS Adjustments for Medicare Fee Schedule Might Be Too Late

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This is a summary of two articles in the Nov. 13, 2018 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete articles are available only to paid members of the Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: On Nov. 2, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its Physician Fee Schedule for 2019. CMS says it will …

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The Next Theranos News Could See More Criminal Charges

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CEO SUMMARY: THE DARK REPORT has learned – before any other lab news resource – that in the latest in a long line of Theranos news stories, the U.S. Attorney is making statements about the potential for addition criminal charges to be brought in the case beyond those filed against CEO Elizabeth Holmes and former …

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No relief in sight for 2018 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule, but critical issues remain

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This is an excerpt from a 2,400-word article in the October 1, 2018 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete article is available at all times to paid members of the Dark Intelligence Group, and non-members may access one premium article per month.  CEO SUMMARY: Many lab professionals are disappointed at the news that there …

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