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“August 18, 2003 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Recently Laboratory Corporation of America recruited and rehired three DIANON sales reps who had left the company following its acquisition by LabCorp earlier this year. On its second quarter conference call, LabCorp officials, under criticism for numerous departures of DIANON sales stars following the acquisition, pointedly noted that three of the ex-DIANON sales reps had …

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Are Two Blood Brothers Using Economic Clout?

CEO SUMMARY: Quest Diagnostics Incorporated and Laboratory Corporation of America now dominate the national marketplace for testing referred by physicians’ offices. Release of their second quarter earnings reports provides the first look at their performance following the acquisitions in 2002 which removed American Medical Laboratories, Dynacare, DIANON Systems, and Unilab from the marketplace. WITH THE …

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Kaiser Permanente NW Incorporates ISO-9000 In Regional Lab Design

CEO SUMMARY: After achieving its ISO-9000 certification, Kaiser Permanente Northwest’s laboratory division accomplished another distinction. It became the first lab in the nation to use the principles of ISO-9000 to design, build and operate a new, state-of-the-art, automated laboratory facility. The unique workflow designed into this laboratory startles visitors. Not only is this the first …

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AACC and CAP Meetings Generate Useful Insights

IT WAS A BUSY TIME LAST WEEK on the lab industry meeting circuit. THE DARK REPORT made the rounds and uncovered some valuable intelligence for lab directors and pathologists. First on the meeting tour was Philadelphia, site of the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) annual convention, held July 21-25. The number of exhibitors and the …

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“July 28, 2003 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

In recent weeks, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated lost both a key executive and a major client. Vicki DiFrancesco, Vice President of Hospital Sales and Marketing, submitted her resignation earlier this month. She is leaving to pursue personal interests. DiFrancesco became part of Quest Diagnostics when it acquired American Medical Laboratories (AML) last year. AML had successfully …

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HHS Plans to Encourage National EMR System

CEO SUMMARY: Last week, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced two major steps toward the universal electronic health record. One project involves the licensing of CAP’s SNOMED CT system to make it available to all healthcare providers in the United States. The second project is a commission to the Institute of …

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GE Medical Systems To Buy Triple G Systems Group

HERE’S AN ACQUISITION with interesting ramifications for both clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology group practices. GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, (GEMSIT) a business division of General Electric Company, will acquire Triple G Systems Group, Inc. of Toronto, Canada. The purchase price is US$54.8 million and the deal will close in the third quarter 2003. GEMSIT’s …

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Transition Issues Breed Turmoil in Many AP Groups

PATHOLOGY GROUP PRACTICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY have yet to solve a major problem: in private practice settings, what is the right mix of compensation and equity for individual pathologists? The question strikes to the nub of retirement expectations. During their professional careers, can pathologists build the value of their group practice so that, at retirement …

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“Pay for Performance” Starts For California Docs

CEO SUMMARY: California is a bellwether state for healthcare innovations. Six of its largest payers are collaborating on “Pay For Performance,” a program which pays financial incentives to physician group practices which achieve measurable outcomes in clinical care, patient satisfaction, and implementation of information technology. It’s expected to be a model for similar initiatives in …

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Lab Acquisitions in 2002 Changed National Market

NEVER IN THE PAST THREE DECADES has there been so few laboratory companies—public and private—competing to offer lab testing services to office-based physicians. At the end of 2002, THE DARK REPORT’S annual ranking of public laboratory companies showed just 11 firms. Of these, two (Unilab Corporation and DIANON Systems, Inc.) were under acquisition agreements at …

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