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NYC Health CEO Suggests Replacing Radiologists with AI Anatomic pathologists may find concern in the words of Michael H. Katz, MD, the CEO at NYC Health + Hospitals, who indicated the system is prepared to substitute AI for radiologists in ce…
2025 Trends in Pathology Resident Match Programs
EACH YEAR, THE NATIONAL RESIDENCY MATCHING PROGRAM (NRMP) tracks and analyzes The Match, a system established for matching the preference of medical students applying for residency positions in the United States. An analysis of the NRMP report’s data about anatomi…
Testing at Pharmacies Enters a Murky Future
CEO SUMMARY: Five years ago, it seemed a solid prediction that retail pharmacies would establish a stronghold in primary care and offer wider access to common diagnostic testing services that clinical laboratories provide. Fast forward to 2025, and the market does not look…
Gold Cards Offer Labs Limited Relief for Prior Auth Woes
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Labs, Payers Don’t Like Prior Authorization for Genetic Tests
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UnitedHealth Group Faces DOJ Antitrust Probe
CEO SUMMARY: Recent events have not been kind to UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries UnitedHealthcare and Optum. In February, just as UHG’s Change Healthcare division was hit with a major cyberattack that disrupted billions of dolla…
August 21, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
New research about ownership of physician practices will be of interest to anatomic pathologists who operate their own businesses. According to an analysis by the American Medical Association (AMA),…
How Genomic Testing Labs Can Improve Their Relationships with Payers
CEO SUMMARY: For payers and health plans, it may be a matter of trust that initially curtails speedy reimbursement of new and novel genomic test claims. A panel …
Coverage, Reimbursement Still Difficult for New Lab Tests
CEO SUMMARY: Bringing a new proprietary diagnostic test to market is an arduous process. It takes patience and planning to complete the journey from test development to payer reimbursement. This slow process stems from the fact that the healthcare reimbursement system is fragmented,…
Judge Vacates Provision in No Surprises Act
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CURRENT ISSUE
Volume XXXIII, No. 8 – June, 2026
Congress Returns to CLIA Reform with Proposed LDT Framework, and the Newly Filed Enhancing CLIA Act seeks to modernize clinical laboratory regulations. A newly introduced federal bill could signal the next chapter in the long-running debate over how laboratory developed tests (LDTs) should be regulated in the United States.
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