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Blood Brothers Prepare to Go to the Mat
LIKE MANY OF YOU, I WAS STARTLED BY THE NEWS that UnitedHealth Group, Inc. was willing to cut Quest Diagnostics Incorporated out of the health insurer’s national contract for laboratory testing services. After all, there are many reasons, like economies of scale, w…
United Health: Quest Is “Out”–LabCorp Is “In”
CEOSUMMARY: Effective on January 1, 2007, UnitedHealth Group will have one national contract laboratory. On that date, Laboratory Corporation of America becomes the preferred provider and Quest Diagnostics Incorporated becomes an out-of-network laboratory. With access to 34 million United…
LabCorp Exec Discusses Reasons Behind Its 10-Year Pact with United
“This 10-year agreement is unique in the laboratory industry. It speaks to the long-term commitment of both parties.”—Brad Smith, Executive Vice President, Laboratory Corporation of America CEO SUMMARY: It was unprecedented when UnitedHealth …
October 16, 2006 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
American Esoteric Laboratories, Inc. today announced that it has signed an extended, five-year contract to provide reference and esoteric testing services to the 14-hospital Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation (BMHCC) in Memphis, Tennessee. This relationship was…
Like Lab Medicine, THE DARK REPORT is Changing
ANY PATHOLOGIST OR LABORATORY ADMINISTRATOR who believes there is a status quo in laboratory medicine is ignoring plenty of evidence to the contrary in the healthcare marketplace. Radical evolution is altering the health insurance industry, for the second time in almost 20 years. The Internet and ne…
Increased Competition For Hospital Lab Referrals
CEO SUMMARY: It’s a buyer’s market for hospital send-out testing because the supply of such tests exceeds demand. To fill excess capacity in their labs, some reference/esoteric lab companies are willing to offer rock-bottom prices to new clients. This situation is also motivating nati…
Middleware Produces Data In Real Time for Lab Managers
CEO SUMMARY: With sustained pressure on laboratories to cut costs, reduce errors, and raise quality, lab managers need faster access to detailed information about lab work processes. One solution is to use middleware to collect data in real time from the LIS and other sources, then analyz…
Walk-In Clinics in Retail Stores Is Hot New Healthcare Trend
HERE’S A NEW HEALTHCARE BUSINESS MODEL THAT IS POISED to transform primary care in the United States and is likely to upset any number of traditional clinical relationships in this country. The business model is the walk-in, 15-minute clinic located in a retail store. These types of clinics can al…
Sonic Healthcare & CPL Make First Acquisition
CEO SUMMARY: Expanding from its base in Texas, Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. (CPL) has acquired Cognoscenti Health Institute, LLC of Orlando, Florida. The deal was done discreetly and gives Sonic Healthcare, Ltd., parent of CPL, a solid foothold in Florida. Cognoscenti has also ma…
Bio-Reference Enters DNA Sequencing Market
CEOSUMMARY: Bio-Reference Laboratories has just placed an unexpected bet on the wide-open opportunities in genetic testing. The acquisition of GeneDX brings it a respected team of geneticists, capabilities in full DNA sequencing, and a proven track record in testing for rare and complex h…
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Volume XXXII, No. 13 – September 15, 2025
The Dark Report examines a new bill that would reform PAMA and avoid reimbursement rate cuts scheduled for January 2026. Clinical laboratory leaders are urged to make their voices heard in Congress. Also, an expert describes how labs can fix pre-analytical errors and avoid disaster.
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