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Medically Unlikely Edits Are Back–and a Problem!
CEO SUMMARY: On January 1, 2009, CMS implemented Phase VIII of its policy on medically unlikely edits (MUEs) involving about 100 laboratory CPT Codes. It also began to deny whole claims, not just the “medically unlikely” parts of claims. After hearing of the problem in early …
Hey Doc! How Do You Rate With Zagat Health Survey?
CEO SUMMARY: Once patients become involved in managing their healthcare, they actively seek information that can help them make informed decisions. Health insurers are providing tools to help make this job easier. WellPoint teamed up with Zagat Survey to create …
April 6, 2009 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Effective May, 1, 2009, Laboratory Corporation of America will no longer be a contract provider for Regence BlueShield, head-quartered in Seattle, Washington. Regence notified physicians that it was ending its relationship with LabCorp “as a result of rising co…
Warning: Three-Fold Rise In EMR Adoption Predicted
CEO SUMMARY: Doctors are responding to news that up to $20 billion in federal funding is now available to help pay for their adoption of electronic medical record (EMR) systems. Demand for EMRs is expected to increase three-fold in the coming years. That means clinical labs and p…
Boston’s Beth Israel Scores Improvement Gains with Lean
CEO Summary: Lean methods are helping laboratories resolve aggravating problems that have been unresolvable for as long as 10 years. At Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, improvement teams involving the laboratory and ED staff addressed high rates of hemolyzed specim…
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YOU’VE ALWAYS RELIED ON THE DARK REPORT to keep you at the cutting edge of developments in laboratory management and the broader healthcare system. We’ve consistently been first with the essential, intelligence, and analysis you need to keep your laboratory at its financial and clinical acme. On…
Unprecedented Times Lie Ahead For Labs
CEO SUMMARY: Here’s a lab industry first: insight and analysis about why hospital/health system laboratories are already feeling the financial pinch as their parent organizations scramble to conserve and accumulate cash. That’s bad news for IVD vendors and other lab industry …
Aperio, Cerner Interface Digital Path and Path LIS
CEO SUMMARY: For pathologists watching the market acceptance of digital imaging and digital pathology systems, another milestone has been reached. The nation’s largest health IT companies are beginning to develop interfaces between their anatomic pathology laboratory informatio…
Olympus Diagnostics Unit Sold to Beckman Coulter
CEO SUMMARY: For Beckman Coulter, the opportunity to acquire the diagnostics business of Olympus Corporation was compelling for at least two reasons. One, the chemistry and automation products of both companies are quite complementary. Two, in a steadily-consolidating in vitro di…
Molecular Advances Soon To Reshape Anatomic Path
CEO SUMMARY: Early this month, the second annual Molecular Summit assembled molecular first movers and early adopters to discuss their efforts to integrate molecular imaging and molecular diagnostics in patient care. One clear message emerged from two days of presentations and di…
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Volume XXXIII, No. 4 – March 23, 2026
A federal court ruling has established a safe harbor for clinical labs when they run tests ordered by physicians. Lab leaders should examine this briefing for pitfalls. Also, it turns out that providers may be ordering inappropriate vitamin D tests, according to one expert.
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