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Four experts explain proven ways to improve payer relationships and get genetic tests reimbursed promptly. Also, Mayo Clinic is exploring how AI and computational pathology can improve productivity and diagnostic accuracy in ways that even labs at smaller hospitals can put into practice.
A telemedicine firm is offering home phlebotomy service as consumers are increasingly interested in new ways to access healthcare. Also, a Texas lab outlines its dual accreditation path, and an expert explains how using Lean methods can help labs cut costs while improving quality and even enhancing employee retention.
A Johns Hopkins Medical point-of-care testing leader shares tactics for standardizing POCT across a wide range of hospitals and other sites. Also, the lab industry notches a win in court against the Department of Health and Human Services relative to PAMA implementation. Finally, the Dark Report has organized a new roundtable workshop program to address solutions to budget cuts, staffing issues and revenue enhancements.
This issue examines the challenges facing the nation’s hospitals, health systems, and clinical labs: unprecedented shortages of lab staff, nurses, and other professionals with inflation-fueled cost increases and deteriorating hospital finances. Also, the issue delivers a case study showing how Bryan Health in Nebraska expanded its lab outreach program to include direct-to-consumer tests.
Theranos COO Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani has been found guilty of 12 counts of conspiracy and wire fraud, and The Dark Report examines his trial and compares it to that of CEO Elizabeth Holmes. Also, there are several important court rulings that will impact the way labs do business, as well as pending federal legislation to consider.
UnitedHealth is now offering a new laboratory benefits management program that may expand health plans’ use of prior authorization. Also, Oracle, a major informatics company, has ambitious plans that could make diagnostic data more accessible and, at the same time, more valuable for clinical laboratories.
More changes are coming for the clinical lab industry, including the Department of Justice’s move to hold individuals accountable for lab fraud, even after company settlements have been reached. Also, integrated delivery networks are forming new mergers to create ever-larger business entities, all of which has implications for labs.
Better collection and use of clinical data was a prominent theme discussed by attendees at last month’s annual Executive War College Conference on Laboratory and Pathology Management in New Orleans. Also, an attorney warns that federal fraud investigators are targeting labs that did extensive COVID-19 testing during the height of the pandemic.
The Dark Report examines the lab staffing shortage crisis, including the causes and potential remedies. In other news, the Ramesh Balwani trial, like that of Elizabeth Holmes, is raising questions of who is responsible for lab problems — the lab director or company executives. Also, the DOJ contends in a court motion that EKRA governs lab sales and marketing commissions.
Federal healthcare law enforcement is turning its eye to new areas of healthcare activity, including COVID-19 testing and opioid prescribing. In other news, the state of California has terminated its contract with PerkinElmer to run the state COVID-19 testing lab, even as numerous questions about the lab’s compliance with health regulations remain.
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Volume XXXII, No. 12 – August 25, 2025
In an exclusive interview, a laboratory industry M&A specialist discusses what’s driving lab outreach sales to national lab companies. Also, The Dark Report analyzes ways in which pathology and clinical labs can profitably partner with pharmaceutical companies.
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