Late Breaking Lab News
“March 2, 1998 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
An interesting executive shuffle is under way at Quest Diagnostics Incorporated. James D. Chambers was promoted to Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business Development. He will report directly to CEO Ken Freeman. Chambers will assume many of the duties handled by Don Hardison, J…
“February 9, 1998 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Brian Carr and Haywood Cochrane’s Pathology Consultants of America (PCA) is wasting no time. On January 19 the Nashville-based company announced the formal launch of operations. (See TDR, January 19, 1998.) This was followed by another announcement 15 days later that PCA h…
“January 19, 1998 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Interesting events continue unfolding at Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. Last November the hospital giant announced plans to spin off 108 of its 340 hospitals. Later that month the Columbia signs were removed from its corporate headquarters building in Nashville. Columbia hospitals in …
“December 29, 1997 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
AmeriPath, Inc. is at it again. On December 19, company officials announced the acquisition of two more pathology practices. The practices are The Dermatopathology Laboratory in Pittsburgh and Laboratory Physicians in Jacksonville. More acquisition a…
“December 8, 1997 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Fast-growing specialty test provider SpectraCell Laboratories, Inc. of Houston, Texas announced the acquisition of Southwest Hemostasis and Oncology Consultants, Inc. (SHOC) of Dallas, Texas. SpectraCell offers assays that perform functional intracellular analyses of…
“November 17, 1997 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Neuromedical Systems’ PapNet® procedure is included in the new CPT codes covering automated cytology. The CPT codes take effect on January 1, 1998. Expect to see a flurry of announcements that selected managed care plans will reimburse for automated cytology procedures. MORE …
“October 27, 1997 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
First confirmation that CPT codes for automated cytology are on the way comes from NeoPath, Inc. in Redmond, Washington. The company announced that, effective January 1, 1998, CPT code 88152 will cover the procedure involving NeoPath’s AutoPap® 300 QC System for Pap smear rescreen…
“October 6, 1997 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Michael J. Bechich, M.D., Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, is hosting his second annual conference in Pittsburgh next week. Anatomic Pathology Informatics, Imaging and the Internet is scheduled for October 16-18 at the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center…
“September 15, 1997 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Here’s another sign of financial improvement in the clinical laboratory industry. WDI Capital Markets publishes a quarterly list of healthcare industry earnings. Through 1995, “laboratory services” was always included. But consistently disastrous results in the laboratory indus…
“August 25, 1997 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Meris Laboratories continues to be a turnaround challenge. The company announced on August 4 that CEO and President Denis Simon had resigned. Appointed by the board on March 25, Simon stayed less than 18 weeks in the position. Like several other California labs, the San Jose-based co…
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