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Volume XXIV No. 17 - December 11, 2017

ACLA Sues HHS over Market Price Study, Fee Cuts

Commentary and Opinion by R. Lewis Dark / By

IT’S A LONG-AWAITED DEVELOPMENT! Today, a federal lawsuit was filed against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA). The lab association is asking a federal judge to review specific actions taken by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in how it is implementing sections of the …

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December 11, 2017 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

Late Breaking Lab News / By

To deal with a shortage of surgical pathologists in the United Kingdom, the British National Health Service (NHS) is looking at solutions, such as deployment of digital pathology systems. According to a story in Pharma Times, the NHS is negotiating with Roche Diagnostics and partners to develop a program to implement digital pathology systems across the …

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Top 10 Lab Stories of 2017 Dominated by Part B Cuts

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By

CEO SUMMARY: In hindsight, 2017 is likely to be remembered as a milestone year that launched several disruptive developments that will reshape the lab industry moving forward. For the clinical laboratory sector this year, CMS confirmed its intent to slash Part B clinical laboratory test prices aggressively, effective Jan. 1. For the anatomic pathology sector …

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Value of Miraca Falls By 92% from 2011 to 2017

Laboratory Management / By

CEO SUMMARY: Miraca Life Sciences amended its merger agreement with Avista Capital Partners after the lab lost value in the two months since the agreement was signed in September. Factors precipitating the revision were a significant decline in reimbursement rates, stiff competition from physician-office labs (POLs), and a loss of specimen volume to POLs and …

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Aetna Sues Hospitals over Alleged Lab-Billing Scheme

Laboratory Billing / By

CEO SUMMARY: In September, Aetna filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania accusing 14 defendants—including a hospital, a hospital management company, eight lab companies or lab management companies, two physicians, and two individuals—of defrauding Aetna, its client employers, and its members. The lawsuit is an example of a lab test arrangement in which independent lab companies and …

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Big Mergers Dominate Healthcare Headlines

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By

CEO SUMMARY: Since Dec. 3, four unexpected megamergers became national news. Pharmacy chain CVS Health acquired Aetna. Advocate Health Care and Aurora Health Care will merge. UnitedHealth Group purchased the 2,000 physicians of DaVita Medical Group. Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiates decided to create a super-hospital system with 139 hospitals in 28 states. Clinical …

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Misinterpreted Gene Test Shows Lab Got it Right

Genetic Testing / By

CEO SUMMARY: It’s almost a case of man bites dog. In malpractice cases involving genetic test results, labs are often assumed to be at fault. But in a lawsuit filed in Oregon, healthcare providers are alleged to have misinterpreted a genetic test. As a consequence, a patient underwent medically-unnecessary and life-changing surgery. This malpractice lawsuit …

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