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Issue: Volume XXIV No. 2 - January 30, 2017

Ending ‘Lab Tests as a Commodity’

Commentary and Opinion by R. Lewis Dark / By

WITH HEALTHCARE POISED TO MAKE FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES in both the delivery of care (think integration, ACOs, medical homes) and how providers are paid (less fee-for-service, more budgeted payment methods), it is time for the entire profession of laboratory medicine to tackle the elephant in the room: lab tests bought and sold as commodities. The commoditization …

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Lab Innovators Advocate Need for Clinical Lab 2.0

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By

CEO SUMMARY: It is generally recognized that the clinical lab industry faces a financial squeeze of unprecedented dimensions. Lab test prices are falling steadily and more major cuts are coming to Medicare Part B fees in just 11 months. At the same time, obtaining favorable coverage and reimbursement decisions from payers is becoming tougher. This …

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Another Pharmacogenomic Lab Hit With Audit, Multi-million Dollar Repayment Demand

Laboratory Billing / By

CEO SUMMARY: In 2014, during a ZPIC audit of an unnamed pharmacogenomic testing lab, a federal auditor reviewed a small number of claims that had been filed over a period of several years. Despite supporting letters from physicians, the auditor rejected those claims, then extrapolated the findings to declare payments for thousands of tests over …

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Health System Lab Is Genotyping To Identify Best Drugs for Patients

Genetic Testing / By

CEO SUMMARY: One essential element of precision medicine will be the regular use of pharmacogenomic testing to provide additional guidance to physicians when selecting the most appropriate therapeutics and optimal dose for each individual patient. Despite the reluctance of private payers and Medicare to reimburse for pharmacogenomic tests, Avera Institute for Human Genetics (AIHG) in …

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In Texas, BeaconLBS Start Will Be Delayed

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By

CEO SUMMARY: UnitedHealthcare will not implement the claims impact part of its laboratory benefit management program in Texas on March 1, 2017, as it had previously announced. Opposition to the program and the requirement that physicians use the BeaconLBS system when ordering about 79 lab tests is building among physicians in Texas. Officials from the …

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January 30, 2017 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

Late Breaking Lab News / By

In New Jersey, a U.S. attorney has put laboratory sales reps on notice that they can be prosecuted for violating federal anti-kickback laws and sent to prison. On January 18, Paul Fishman, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, announced the sentencing of Michael J. Zarrelli, of Berkeley Heights, N.J., formerly a sales representative with the now- defunct …

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Pharmacogenomic testing a success at South Dakota health system

TDR Insider / By

This is an excerpt from a 2,700-word article in the January 30 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: One essential element of precision medicine — the wave of the future …

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