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Laboratory War College To Highlight Innovation
CEO SUMMARY: Quickly establishing itself as the premiere event for the management of clinical laboratories, this year’s Executive War College in New Orleans offers specialized advice and experience for laboratory administrators. Expect to hear the first public presentations about innova…
Another Portent Of Change
How many laboratory executives and pathologists consider themselves futurists? Probably not many, because healthcare’s traditional fee-for-service arrangements provided little financial incentive to alter the status quo. Yet I would argue that the radical restructuring of healthcare currently unde…
Meditech & LabSoft Top 1996 LIS Sales Rankings
CEO SUMMARY: Turnover and turmoil are the big news in the LIS field. Hospitals and commercial laboratories are upgrading or replacing their existing LIS software at a rapid pace. Meanwhile, mergers and consolidations within the LIS industry create new power players. LIS conversion project…
New Features Slated For Lab Information Systems
CEO SUMMARY: Two processes are transforming healthcare: managed care and quality management. Laboratory information systems must incorporate radically new features if they are to support changes to clinical laboratory operations. This makes it imperative that laboratory executives select …
Questions, Answers & Viewpoints
Dear Editor: The story in your February 17 issue about laboratory automation as viewed by an industrial engineer was fascinating. He did a great job of helping me understand how to look at clinical laboratory automation. However, you say nothing about the centralized/decentralized issue. …
Las Vegas Lab Gathering Debates Industry Trends
CEO SUMMARY: Always a good forum for discussion of laboratory industry trends, this year’s meeting in Las Vegas addressed government regulation, laboratory automation and everything in between. Here is a brief rundown on some of the more interesting insights and observations….
LabCorp Seeks $500 Million Through Public Stock Offering
CEO SUMMARY: After a financially difficult year in 1996, LabCorp enters 1997 with plans to raise $500 million. Despite the laboratory industry’s poor prospects, LabCorp will probably succeed in raising capital. After this infusion of capital, will LabCorp’s new management team have wi…
“March 10, 1997 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
The field of automated cytology is advancing quickly. Technology is rapidly pushing into the marketplace. Here’s a sampling of recent developments among cytology-based companies… Cytyc Corporation and Laboratory Corporation of America announced on March…
Unilab Pushes Insurers To Increase Cap Rates
CEO SUMMARY: California’s financially destructive capitation rates plunged two more laboratories into bankruptcy. Unilab’s actions indicate that even the largest laboratory company in the state can no longer survive without reimbursement relief. The question remains as to whether mana…
Differing Views About Capitation Rate Trends
CEO SUMMARY: Laboratory executives in California believe that capitated rates for laboratory services in the state may soon increase. But no one knows for sure, and no documentation about specific capitation rates for newly signed laboratory services contracts has yet to become public….
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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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