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The Dark Report is going on record on two trends that will impact clinical labs and pathology groups right in their wallets. The first trend is the potential for the COVID-19 pandemic to fade out, leaving labs without a large source of revenue. The second is the rise of ransomware attacks on healthcare providers, including labs. Details on both trends are included in this issue.
MOST OF US WOULD CONSIDER IT GOOD NEWS that the number of Americans vaccinated continues to grow even as the daily number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths has fallen since its peak last winter. Data from USAFacts.com, a website developed by teams from Penn Wharton and Stanford University, show that as of May 3: …
Preparing Your Lab for Post-Pandemic Success Read More »
This is an excerpt of a 1.620-word article in the May 3, 2021 issue of THE DARK REPORT (TDR). The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: In just 42 months, Millennials will make up 75% of the workforce, according to U.S. Department of Commerce statistics. As consumers and …
Millennials’ Healthcare Demands Will Be Radically Different from Others Read More »
CEO SUMMARY: In just 42 months, Millennials will make up 75% of the workforce, according to U.S. Department of Commerce statistics. As consumers and patients, they are already triggering changes, reforms, and innovation in healthcare. It is timely for clinical lab administrators and pathologists to understand how and why Millennials expect to experience healthcare services …
Millennials Set to Reorder Healthcare & Lab Testing Read More »
CEO SUMMARY: Amazon is prepared to award $12 million in grants and is soliciting proposals for developing diagnostic technologies for detecting SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious diseases. This is the latest indication that the multi-billion-dollar enterprise would like to disrupt healthcare in the United States. Amazon has built clinical labs to provide COVID-19 testing to its …
Amazon Makes Big Play into Health, Diagnostics Read More »
Lighthouse Lab Services Acquires Vachette Pathology Last month, it was announced that Lighthouse Lab Services of Charlotte, N.C., had acquired Vachette Pathology of Sylvania, Ohio. Price and terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Vachette Pathology was founded in 2002 by its current President, Mick Raich. The company describes itself as a “consulting firm specializing …
UNITEDHEALTHCARE’S (UHC) RECENT MOVE to designate certain clinical and anatomic pathology laboratories as Designated Diagnostic Providers appears to be yet one more way that the insurer is narrowing its network. Effective July 1, 2021, and subject to state regulatory approval, UHC launches a new benefit design where outpatient diagnostic laboratory services will be covered for fully-insured commercial …
UnitedHealthCare’s New Policy Further Narrows Its Lab Network Read More »
ONCE AGAIN, THE LATEST NEWS OF IMPORTANCE in the clinical laboratory industry includes disparate topics that include legal/regulatory, new technology in anatomic pathology, fraud involving lab testing, and more consolidation in the in vitro diagnostics (IVD) industry. You will find coverage on all of these topics and more in this issue of The Dark Report. …
Lab Professions ‘Haves,’ ‘Have Nots,’ and Thieves Read More »
CEO SUMMARY: Now that a federal judge has ruled that the American Clinical Laboratory Association’s lawsuit is moot and dismissed the case, it is unclear what next steps are open to ACLA and the clinical laboratory industry in their challenge to how the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is implementing the Protecting Access …
Federal Judge Rules Against ACLA in Its PAMA Lawsuit Read More »
Roche to Acquire GenMark Diagnostics LAST MONTH, Roche and GenMark Diagnostics announced a definitive merger agreement for Roche to acquire GenMark in a transaction valued at $1.8 billion. Roche called attention to GenMark’s syndromic panel testing portfolio and said this line of molecular tests would strengthen its products for infectious disease testing in hospitals, particularly …
Lab Briefs: Roche, GenMark Diagnostics, Thermo Fisher, Mesa Biotech, ProPath Read More »
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