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

Late Breaking Lab News / By Robert Michel

Here’s more validation that laboratories can use information links to doctors’ offices as added value. A recent survey of hospital CIOs was completed by PriceWaterHouseCoopers, Zinn Enterprises and Modern Healthcare Weekly. It revealed that the number one information project was clinical communication infrastructure/ links to clinicians. Over 55% of the hospitals polled were working to …

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“Value Added” Services Essential to Success

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

ONE ELEMENT COMMON TO SUCCESSFUL LABORATORY ORGANIZATIONS of the future will be the ability to both understand the concept of “value added” services and to offer such services to customers. At its core, value added is an essential business strategy. There are many ways to define “value added.” But the intent is unquestioned. Any product …

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Lab Leads Hospital In Successful Effort To Reduce Infections

Clinical Laboratory / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Most laboratorians struggle to get clinicians to pay close attention to the potential for lab data to improve healthcare outcomes. At Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the laboratory acqired in-house molecular typing test capability as one cornerstone for an aggressive infection control program. Physicians, nurses, med techs, pharmacists and even maintenance staff now regularly participate …

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Top-Performing Labs at Executive War College

Laboratory Management / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Once again, Executive War College time approaches. Scheduled for May 11-12, 1999 at the New Orleans Sheraton, this year’s roster of innovative laboratories promises to provide valuable insight about winning strategies. An expanded program offers a lab industry first: a knowledge track exclusively focused on the sales and marketing of laboratory and pathology …

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DARK REPORT Picks 1998’s Ten Biggest Lab Stories

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Our story picks for 1998 demonstrate a broad range of subjects. Each affects laboratories and pathology practices in significant ways and should be used to trigger appropriate management strategies. Two essential themes among this year’s ten biggest lab stories: continued downward squeeze on reimbursement and a flood of new technology is on the …

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DIANON Wins Contract, Buys Kyto Meridien Lab

Managed Care Contracts / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY:Anatomic pathology took another forward step on the managed care battleground. DIANON Systems, Inc. gained status as a provider of anatomic pathology services under the new master agreement announced by Oxford Health Plans. DIANON’s success demonstrates that anatomic pathology can be split from laboratory testing when ancillary contract decisions are made by managed care …

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“January 11, 1999 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

Late Breaking Lab News / By Robert Michel

Not much has been heard from Neuromedical Systems, Inc.(NSI) recently. The company makes the PapNet® Testing System for Pap smear screening and is concentrating on obtaining approval from the FDA to use PapNet as a primary screener. It is currently approved for use as an adjunct test. This fall NSI announced a restructuring plan that …

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Health Insurance Costs Begin New Upward Spiral

Laboratory Management / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Health insurance costs are climbing again for the nation’s employers. Premium increases for 1999 average in excess of 10%. After losing money in 1997 and 1998, managed care companies are serving stiff premium increases to their customers. For clinical laboratories, the impact of these national trends are too soon to predict. But there …

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Medicare Refund Request Issued To AmeriPath, Inc

Laboratory Billing / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Regulators believe AmeriPath’s Ft. Lauderdale laboratory submitted claims during 1996 which were based upon improper procedure codes or lacked adequate documentation. AmeriPath “vigorously” disputes the situation. It is still uncertain as to whether this action represents a larger campaign that will target laboratories and pathologists for new issues involving Medicare billing and reimbursement. …

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PPM Giant MedPartners Exits Doctor Management

Pathology Trends / By Robert Michel

THIRD IN A SERIES WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN the largest companies in a multibillion dollar industry announce that they will “get out” of that business? That is the question which must be answered after MedPartners, Inc. joined PhyMatrix Corp. in publicly declaring that they would abandon the physician practice management (PPM) business. MedPartners announced …

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