Late Breaking Lab News
“December 13, 1999 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Pathology Consultants of America, Inc. announced a promotion and a new hire. Bill McDowell was promoted to Vice President and Chief Development Officer. The new member to PCA’s management team is Edward D. Dooling. Dooling will be Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Managed Care…
“November 22, 1999 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
UroCor, Inc. of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is losing its long-time Chairman and CEO. Effective December 31, 1999, William A. Hagstrom will leave the company to pursue “new business start-up activities.” Hagstrom joined UroCor back in 1989, and helped it emerge from a Chapter 11 bank…
“November 1, 1999 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Well-run hospital laboratory outreach programs continue to thrive. Last week THE DARK REPORT was in Chicago to visit Genesis Clinical Laboratory. Located in Berwyn, Illinois, Genesis is a for-profit subsidiary of McNeal Hospital. During the last two years, Genesis Pr…
“October 11, 1999 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Here’s a hats-off to Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics (OCD). At a time when everything in the healthcare system seems to be taking things away from clinical laboratories, OCD has organized a worthwhile laboratory management best practices day for its most loyal customers. Started four ye…
“September 20, 1999 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Here’s an interesting company to keep an eye on. Abaton.com, based in Minneapolis, is one of the early entrants in the race to offer web-based clinical network solutions at the point of care. Centrex Clinical Laboratories, Inc. of Utica, New York is purchasing Abat…
“August 30, 1999 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
There’s a new for-profit hospital player out there which probably needs a good laboratory leader. Iasis Corp. of Nashville, Tennessee just spent more than $800 million to buy 15 hospitals. Iasis is a hospital management company. It expects both deals to close in October. Odds are t…
“August 9, 1999 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Contrast the double digit premium increases demanded by HMOs for 1999 and 2000 with the recent Medicare announcement. Medicare will add 1.1% to hospital payments for overnight stays as this year’s inflation adjustment. With annual inflation under 2%, it certainly causes one to wonder what HMOs real…
“July 19, 1999 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
One of dermatopathology’s academic giants has been snared by a pathology PPM. A. Bernard Ackerman, M.D., will leave his professor post at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia to work with AmeriPath, Inc. and help it develop a dermatopathology center in New Yor…
“June 28, 1999 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
South America continues to catch the eye of many North American health insurers. Aetna International, Inc., the international operating subsidiary for Aetna Inc., disclosed its purchase of a 50% interest in Cruz Blanca Columbia. This is a clinic-based healthcare insu…
“June 7, 1999 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Another laboratorian has caught entrepreneur’s fever. Paul Gotcher accepted a position in April as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Advanced Pathology Systems, Inc. (PSI) of San Francisco. PSI is a start-up company developing enhanced microscopy techniques. Gotcher was mos…
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