Late Breaking Lab News
July 10, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
General health panels submitted under CPT code 80050 are among the most expensive—and potentially most wasteful—diagnostic tests, according to a new study published in June by Avalo…
June 19, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
Lighthouse Lab Services in Charlotte, North Carolina, recently released survey results in which 52% of respondents indicated they were overworked relative to their positions; 33% described their wor…
May 30, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
Hospital laboratory outreach programs continue to be acquisition targets for national laboratory companies. Earlier this month, Labcorp in Burlington, North Carolina, announce…
May 8, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
Responding to the need to expand access to training for diagnostic testing professionals, the CDC’s Division of Laboratory Systems has launched OneLab TEST (Timely Education and Support of Testers)….
April 17, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
There may soon be a new name for the well-known American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC). The proposed new name is Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (A…
March 27, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
Clinical laboratory leaders watching at-home care evolve should note the new partnership between Best Buy and Atrium Health in Charlotte, North Carolina. As part of the deal, Best Buy Health, a division of the retailer, will assist patients in setting up the technology pieces of …
March 6, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
Since Congress did not include new regulations for laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) in a year-end spending budget, it appears the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will take steps of its own to increase the agency’s oversight of LDTs. “We are moving forward with rulemaking,” said Eliza…
February 13, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
Laboratory leaders should prepare now for the end of the federal public health emergency (PHE) for SARS-CoV-2. The White House announced the PHE would cease on May 11. One big change is that patients covered by Medicare, Medicaid, or private insurance may pay higher costs for COVID-19 t…
January 23, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
New data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) offers further evidence of a decreasing talent pool of pathologists in the United States. Active physicians in anatomic and clinical pathology dropped from 13,201 in 2016 to 12,180 in 2021—a 7.7% decrease, according to the AAM…
January 3, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
At the moment, it appears that the controversial Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act will have a hard time passing in Congress. The bill, which is intended to shift regulation of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) to the federal Food and Drug Administration…
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Volume XXXII, No. 6 – April 21, 2025
Now that a federal judge has vacated the FDA’s LDT rule, The Dark Report analyzes the judgement and notes the various steps the FDA could take in response. Also, lab testing at pharmacies is proving to be less successful than was once anticipated.
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