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Volume XXIV No. 10 - July 17, 2017

Labs Beware! More Patients Have Higher Deductibles

Commentary and Opinion by R. Lewis Dark / By

ONE TREND THAT PUTS FINANCIAL PRESSURE on both clinical laboratories and pathology groups is the growing number of patients who have higher deductibles. This means labs must work harder and smarter to collect all the money that is due them from the patients they serve. How advanced is this trend? Last fall, the Kaiser Family …

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Konica Minolta to Pay Up to $1 Billion for Ambry

Laboratory Management / By

CEO SUMMARY: It’s the second time in six years that a Japanese corporation paid a high price for a genetic testing company in the United States. Konica Minolta will purchase Ambry Genetics for $800 million at closing and $200 million upon hitting certain financial metrics. In 2011, Miraca Holdings acquired Caris Life Sciences for $725 …

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USC’s Clive Taylor, MD, Talks Digital Path, WSI

Digital Pathology / By

CEO SUMMARY: The FDA’s clearance of the first digital pathology system for use in primary diagnosis will be a disruptive force for pathologists in the coming years. At the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, pathologist Clive Taylor, MD, predicts that the benefits of whole slide imaging and digital pathology will enable pathologists …

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Hospital Lab Data Essential For CMS Market Price Study

Laboratory Billing / By

CEO SUMMARY: In five months, Medicare officials will implement a new Part B clinical laboratory fee schedule based on private payer lab price data submitted by certain medical laboratories required to report that data. At this year’s Executive War College, the CEO of XIFIN, Inc., reported on her company’s analysis of the payer price data …

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Details Emerge About End of 31-Year Lab JV

Laboratory Management / By

CEO SUMMARY: Quest Diagnostics is no longer an equity partner in the CompuNet Clinical Laboratory joint venture, which has operated successfully since its founding in 1986. Typical of other lab JVs and inpatient lab management agreements that the hospital or health system partners do not renew, none of the owners of CompuNet will comment on …

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July 17, 2017 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

Late Breaking Lab News / By

Here’s an update on Theranos, the troubled lab company that is struggling to stay alive. Once again, reporter John Carreyrou of The Wall Street Journal scooped his peers by reporting that Theranos has listed its corporate offices for lease. For lab companies shopping for office space in Palo Alto, Calif., Theranos has listed its 116,172 square …

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Ambry Genetics $800M Sale to Konica Minolta Is a Big Deal for Lab Industry

TDR Insider / By

This is an excerpt from a 2,026-word article in the July 17, 2017 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete article is available for a limited time to all readers, and available at all times to paid members of the Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: It’s the second time in six years that a Japanese …

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