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EVERY NOW AND THEN, IT HELPS TO STAND BACK and look at the big picture. In this issue, you will read a unique assessment of the lab industry and pathology profession prepared by our Editor-In-Chief. His analysis covers three points. First, he sorts the market for lab and pathology testing into four segments, then identifies […]
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REGIONALIZATION OF LABORATORY TESTING SERVICES continues to be a dominant trend within the lab industry. That’s not news to our members and regular readers, because THE DARK REPORT closely tracks this important trend. What always surprises me, however, is the variety of new business models which emerge from efforts to regionalize lab services. These experiments
Lab Regionalization Creates New Business Models Read More »
MANAGED CARE IS IN THE MIDST OF SHIFTING from a volume-buying discount club to a value-added partner in healthcare. During the past two years, THE DARK REPORT has identified developments in the marketplace supporting this trend and provided these insights to our clients and regular readers. Further proof of this shift in the business model
Managed Care’s Next Evolutionary Step Read More »
FROM ALL THAT I HEAR, this year’s Executive War College was the best ever. With almost 50 speakers and 400+ attendees from the United States and countries as remote as Oman, it is a real accomplishment to produce what is increasingly recognized as the finest gathering of management executives in clinical laboratory and pathology. As
Shift in Lab & Pathology Management Thinking Read More »
BYZANTINE MEDICARE REGULATIONS AND BELTWAY POLITICS are uncommon topics for THE DARK REPORT. There are any number of other sources out there that provide ample details about laboratory compliance, the complexities of billing and coding, and whether Senator Smootly will or won’t vote for reinstating the 20% lab co-pay. However, I believe the subject of
Time to Change Bad Medicare Lab Policies Read More »
TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO DO SOME CRYSTAL BALL-GAZING as a way to make a point about strategic business planning for laboratories. As you will read here, our Editor-In-Chief has analyzed the year-end balance sheets of the two newest publicly-traded laboratory companies. The purpose of his intelligence briefing is to assess the balance sheet strengths
Identifying Future Lab Winners From Losers Read More »
IT MAY NOT BE JUBILATION, BUT THERE’S CERTAINLY LESS DESPERATION among laboratories around the United States. In travels around the country, both commercial laboratories and hospital laboratories tell THE DARK REPORT that the 2000 was unusually free of crises. It was also a more productive financial year than those of the 1990s. Of course, most
Lab Industry Easing Back to Financial Stability Read More »
IT WAS JUST 15 MONTHS AGO WHEN THE DARK REPORT made this bold prediction: “By December 31, 2001, every physician’s office in the United States which generates a high volume of laboratory testing will be using a Web-based system for ordering lab tests, receiving results, and accessing a patient’s complete lab test history.” When this
When the Laboratory Marketplace Speaks Read More »
IT’S TIME TO PAY ATTENTION TO A GROWING AREA OF MEDICINE loosely described as “information therapy.” It is the concept of providing consumers and patients with reliable health information without requiring face-to-face visits with physicians or other healthcare professionals. For clinical laboratories and anatomic pathologists, this is an important development. After all, information is the
“Information Therapy” Plays to Labs’ Strengths Read More »
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT MY JOB as publisher emeritus of THE DARK REPORT is that I get time to think about the global implications of new developments in the laboratory industry. Unlike most of you, harried by the never-ending demands of your work day, I am at the tail end of my useful
Consumers are Ripe, Low-hanging Fruit! Read More »
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