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NY Labs Achieve Repeal Of Onerous Surcharge

Laboratory Management / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Clinical laboratories in the state of New York demonstrated that the lab industry can effectively influence legislation when the state legislature finally repealed the onerous laboratory test surcharge first enacted in 1997. Lab industry leaders should apply the lessons learned from the New York experience to improve the laboratory industry’s track record in …

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Winners and Losers in the Lab Industry

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

NOTHING WAS EASY FOR COMMERCIAL AND HOSPITAL LABS during the past decade. Reimbursement for lab tests was slashed. Onerous compliance requirements for Medicare increased costs and added to the legal risk of operating a laboratory. Patient access was restricted through exclusive HMO and managed care contracts. These problems took a huge toll on our industry. …

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Abbott, CARESIDE, Bio-Reference Labs, DIANON Systems

Laboratory Management / By Robert Michel

SWARM OF LAWSUITS NOW PLAGUES ABBOTT LABS PAYING A $100 MILLION FINE TO THE Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not end Abbott Laboratories, Inc.’s problems related to its diagnostic test kits and reagents. Since payment of the FDA fine last month, Abbott has been served by a number of lawsuits. Most of these suits …

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Individual Pathologist “Branding” Promoted by National Firms

Pathology Trends / By Robert Michel

IN THE EFFORT TO GAIN COMPETITIVE market advantage, IMPATH, Inc. of New York City publicized the recent signing of an exclusive partnership agreement involving renowned pathologist Juan Rosai, M.D., also of New York City. Dr. Rosai has a world-wide reputation for his books, book chapters, and monographs on surgical pathology. Until recently, he was the …

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A Pox on Millennium Talk

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

I DECIDED TO BE DIFFERENT TODAY. Most of you probably figured I would use this last opportunity before January 1 to make my millennium predictions and ruminate about the last one thousand years or so. Not so! My contrarian nature says you’ve probably already had enough of the new millennium, and the old millennium as …

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1999’s Top Ten Stories Reflect Speed of Change

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: This year’s round-up of the lab industry’s Top Ten most important stories lacks any compelling single theme. THE DARK REPORT’s conclusion? 1999 was a transition year. No new outside forces rattled the lab industry, allowing lab executives and pathologists to concentrate on implementing their particular laboratory’s business plan. However, early hints at transformational …

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Lab Network in Florida Becoming Tough Player

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Throughout the 1990s, a growing number of hospital laboratory administrators learned the value of a professionally-managed lab outreach program. In a few markets, these savvy lab leaders moved to the next level: using regional laboratory networks to solidify their local market dominance while competing against the national labs for region-wide managed care contracts. …

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“December 13, 1999 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Late Breaking Lab News / By Robert Michel

Pathology Consultants of America, Inc. announced a promotion and a new hire. Bill McDowell was promoted to Vice President and Chief Development Officer. The new member to PCA’s management team is Edward D. Dooling. Dooling will be Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Managed Care. PCA, a pathology physician management company in Nashville, Tennessee, is …

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“November 22, 1999 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Late Breaking Lab News / By Robert Michel

UroCor, Inc. of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is losing its long-time Chairman and CEO. Effective December 31, 1999, William A. Hagstrom will leave the company to pursue “new business start-up activities.” Hagstrom joined UroCor back in 1989, and helped it emerge from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. For four consecutive years in the early 1990s, UroCor …

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Internet-Based Lab Info Racing Into Marketplace

Laboratory Information Systems / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: It’s another roller coaster ride for clinical laboratories and pathology practices. Within 24 months, virtually all physician offices will be using web-based technology to order lab tests and receive test results. Web-based ordering/reporting of laboratory testing will drive the organizational form of laboratories and pathology groups throughout the upcoming decade. IF LABORATORY CONSOLIDATION …

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