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Aligning Pathologist Productivity With Compensation Can Be Challenging
“Growing interest in ways to link a pathologist’s productivity to his/her compensation makes this a widely-discussed topic within many pathology group practices.” –Dennis Padget CEO SUMMARY: Part Three continues THE DARK REPORT’S series on meas…
How Local Path Groups Can Keep Patient Access
CEO SUMMARY: For pathology groups operating their own histology and cytology labs, a growing problem is access to patients covered by exclusive managed care contracts. In the Northeast, several persistent pathology group practices are using some effective business strategies to fight this…
UroCor’s Sales Tactics Violated Medicare Laws
CEO SUMMARY: By issuing a multi-count criminal indictment against three former UroCor executives, one federal attorney is creating new legal precedents for the laboratory industry. The criminal charges accuse UroCor of inducing physicians through such gambits as deeply-discounted pricing …
UnitedHealth’s Decision Reveals Lab Market Shift
CEO SUMMARY: News that UnitedHealth Group, Inc. added Esoterix, Inc. to its national laboratory services contract is a big story. UnitedHealth’s decision to expand the laboratory panel demonstrates that factors other than lowest price played an important role. The move to supplement its…
New Esoteric Lab Firm Does Two Acquisitions
CEO SUMMARY: Armed with $70 million, American Esoteric Laboratories (AEL) wants to build a national laboratory that offers a full menu of esoteric tests. It is building a primary laboratory in Dallas, which has one of the nation’s best air transport hubs. ThromboCare Laboratories and Vi…
Arguing in Favor of Regional Laboratory Networks
TWO STORIES IN THIS ISSUE OF THE DARK REPORT DEMONSTRATE why regional laboratory networks are a business model which should be revisited by hospital laboratories with outreach programs. Seattle provides a great example of how an existing laboratory network gives hospitals in that region an addition…
AmeriPath Reports on 2003, Its First Year as a Private Firm
WILL BUSINESS BE BETTER for AmeriPath, Inc. as a private company than it was as a publicly-traded firm? Its 2003 financial report indicates some interesting challenges, many common to all laboratories. First, a look at basic numbers. AmeriPath’s net revenues grew from $478.8 milli…
2003’s Big Lab Stories Reflect Health Trends
CEO SUMMARY: At a minimum, 2003 proved to be a year of relative stability for the laboratory industry, as demonstrated by THE DARK REPORT’S “Ten Biggest Lab Stories of 2003.” The year was free of industry-wide crises and scan- dals. That allowed most laboratory administrators and pa…
“New” Legal Landmines For Clinical Laboratories
CEO SUMMARY: HIPAA is a big “new” source of legal expo- sure for laboratories and other healthcare providers. Also, recent court decisions and changes in clinical practices are adding to the legal risk for labs. Attorney Richard S. Cooper offers insights on how laboratories can better…
“Free Testing” Strategy Stirs the Pot in Tenn.
CEO SUMMARY: In Tennessee, the state’s Medicaid HMO plan has been at odds with Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, which is using the “free testing” strategy to expand its share of the market. In recent months, TennCare Select has taken active steps to insure its physicians understand tha…
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Volume XXXII, No. 6 – April 21, 2025
Now that a federal judge has vacated the FDA’s LDT rule, The Dark Report analyzes the judgement and notes the various steps the FDA could take in response. Also, lab testing at pharmacies is proving to be less successful than was once anticipated.
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