Volume XXIX, No. 6 - April 25, 2022 Archives

Despite the Challenges, Labs Are Prevailing

Commentary and Opinion by R. Lewis Dark / By R. Lewis Dark

EVENTS IN THE WORLD, THE UNITED STATE, AND THE U.S. HEALTHCARE SYSTEM over the past two years have challenged clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups in unprecedented ways. Stand back for a moment and consider what has unfolded since Jan. 1, 2020. Cases of SARS-CoV-2 exploded across the globe. At the same time, nations locked …

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Lab Staffing Shortages Reaching Dire Levels

TDR Insider / By Robert Michel

This is an excerpt of a 1,423-word article in the April 4, 2022 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: Just weeks ago, CAP Today characterized the current lab staffing shortage as going “from simmer to rolling boil.” Demand for medical technologists and other …

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‘Lab Workforce Crisis Takes Top Spot’–CAP Today

CEO SUMMARY: Just weeks ago, CAP Today characterized the current crisis in staffing clinical laboratories as going “from simmer to rolling boil.” Demand for medical technologists and other certified laboratory scientists far exceeds the supply. Consequently, many labs now use overtime and temp workers to handle daily testing. But that is a strategy that leads …

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U.K.-based CliniSys Acquires Nashville-based ApolloLIMS

Lab Marketplace, Laboratory Information Systems / By Robert Michel

CONSOLIDATION IN THE CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATICS INDUSTRY took another step forward with the announcement that CliniSys (the parent of Sunquest Information Systems) was acquiring Nashville-based ApolloLIMS. This move may also further muddy the line between classic laboratory information systems (LIS) and traditional laboratory information management systems (LIMS). The result may be a stronger LIMS market, …

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Problems at Theranos Described in Balwani Trial

Laboratory Compliance / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Former Theranos President and COO Ramesh Balwani is now being tried in federal court in San Jose, Calif. As with the earlier trial of Elizabeth Holmes, questions will arise about whether executives or clinical lab directors bear ultimate responsibility for lab test results. Balwani’s lawyers have painted him as an investor who ceded …

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DOJ: EKRA Governs Lab Sales and Marketing Commissions

Laboratory Compliance / By Robert Michel

BY FILING A MOTION IN A U.S. DISTRICT COURT RECENTLY, officials from the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) took steps to oppose an earlier ruling by a federal judge in Hawaii dealing with the way the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018 (EKRA) governs how percentage-based commissions can be paid to clinical lab sales …

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Anticipating Change in COVID-19 Test Volume

Clinical Laboratory, Clinical Laboratory Trends, Laboratory Equipment / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: New and more easily transmitted variants of SARS-CoV-2 are causing surges and declines in both the daily number of COVID-19 tests and new cases. This presents pathologists and lab administrators with two common problems: how to scale a COVID-19 testing program and how to staff that program. David Dexter, CEO at Sonora Quest …

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In Civil Suit, DOJ Seeks Triple Damages for Lab Test Fraud

Laboratory Compliance / By Robert Michel

CERTAIN CLINICAL LABORATORY EXECUTIVES AND LAB SALES PROFESSIONALS may soon be made to pay where it hurts most—in their wallets. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on April 4 that it had joined a civil complaint against 18 defendants, all of whom are alleged to have violated the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, and …

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April 25, 2022 Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News

Late Breaking Lab News / By Robert Michel

In a sign that awareness of medical diagnostic testing continues to grow during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the Mayo Clinic announced it will invest $49 million to build a new laboratory space on its campus in Rochester, Minn. As part of the multi-year project, several clinical labs will eventually relocate to an expanded area of an …

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