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Volume XXIV No. 8 - June 5, 2017

Why It Matters That Your Lab Has Low Test Prices

Commentary and Opinion by R. Lewis Dark / By

TODAY, THE LAB INDUSTRY FACES A CONTRADICTION when setting prices for individual lab tests. At one extreme, a certain sector of labs seeking to win exclusive managed care contracts sets high-volume routine test prices at or below the fully-loaded cost to perform those tests. At another extreme, laboratory companies with specialty molecular and genetic tests …

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Lab’s Low Gene Test Price Gets Insurers’ Attention

Genetic Testing / By

CEO SUMMARY: At a time when most molecular and genetic testing companies are struggling to gain coverage for their tests, this Silicon Valley-based lab company has become an in-network lab provider for a number of health insurers—including three of the nation’s largest payers. It did this by establishing a patient-friendly price of $249 for its …

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Mississippi Blue Cross Sues Hospital, Tox Labs

Laboratory Compliance / By

CEO SUMMARY: Last month’s lawsuit filed by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi against a small rural hospital in Mississippi and multiple defendant lab companies in Texas is the latest attempt by health insurers to rein the widespread fraud that threatens to overwhelm the pain management and toxicology sectors of healthcare. Increasingly, the nation’s community …

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Message to Labs: Improve Outcomes, Get Paid More Money!

Laboratory Management / By

CEO SUMMARY: By now, there is widespread recognition among pathologists and clinical lab managers that the era of fee-for-service reimbursement is giving way to new forms of payment that reward value. First-mover lab leaders are in the earliest stages of developing enhanced lab testing services that contribute to improved patient outcomes while reducing costs. These …

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Use of Creatinine to Improve Diagnosis, Treatment of AKI

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By

INNOVATIVE CLINICAL LABS are making significant changes to accommodate the shift from volume to values. In one change, they are collaborating with clinicians to use lab test data to improve patient outcomes. In another, they are collecting the clinical data from these efforts to publish the outcomes in peer-reviewed medical journals to spread the word …

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31st Physician Pleads Guilty In Federal Lab Fraud Case

Laboratory Compliance / By

AN INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN who practiced in Yonkers, N.Y., is the latest physician to admit to taking bribes in connection with a laboratory test referral scheme that Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, N.J., operated for years. The physician, Ricky J. Sayegh, MD, 44, of Scarsdale, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stanley …

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June 5, 2017 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

Late Breaking Lab News / By

Have you ever wondered how many consumers have ordered genetic tests from 23andMe? According to the MIT Technology Review, more than 2 million consumers have ordered genetic tests from the Silicon Valley company. Moreover, 85% of these consumers have consented to have their data used for research, noted 23andMe. By the way, these tests are priced …

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