Big Mergers Dominate Healthcare Headlines

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 17 – December 11, 2017 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Since Dec. 3, four unexpected megamergers became national news. Pharmacy chain CVS Health acquired Aetna. Advocate Health Care and Aurora Health Care will merge. UnitedHealth Group purchased the 2,000 physicians of DaVita Medical Group. Dignity Health and Catholic Health Init…

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Lab Acquisitions: LabCorp, Quest, Sonic Do Hospital Lab Deals

By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXIV No. 4 – March 13, 2017 Issue

This is an excerpt from a 1,021-word article in the March 13, 2017, issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete article is available for a limited time to all readers, and available at all times to paid members of the Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: …

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Sale to LabCorp to End Most of PAML’s Lab JVs

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 4 – March 13, 2017 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: It will take several years to understand how the market for lab testing services will change in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, once Laboratory Corporation of America becomes the owner of PAML, based in Spokane, Wash. Price and financial terms of the sale were not disclose…

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LabCorp, Quest, Sonic Do Hospital Lab Deals

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 4 – March 13, 2017 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Is the New Year’s spate of deals involving the sales of hospital lab outreach programs and a new joint venture the first tremors of an impending earthquake of similar transactions? In the first 10 weeks of 2017, Laboratory Corporation of America, Quest Diagnostics, and Soni…

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PeaceHealth Outreach Laboratory Sells to Quest Diagnostics

By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXIV No. 3 – February 21, 2017 Issue

This is an excerpt from a 1,471-word article in the February 21, 2017, issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete article is available for a limited time to all readers, and available at all times to paid members of the Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY…

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PeaceHealth Labs Sold To Quest Diagnostics

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 3 – February 21, 2017 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: In Oregon, one of the nation’s more successful and long-established health system outreach laboratories will cease to exist following its sale to Quest Diagnostics Incorporated. The seller explained that the Medicare Part B price cuts coming as a result of the PAMA market p…

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Catholic Health Initiatives Signs Pact with PAML

By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XVI No. 15 – November 02, 2009 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: In concept, it is a simple deal. Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), the nation�…

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PAML Joint Venture News from The Dark Report Intelligence

By R. Lewis Dark

November 2, 2007 PAML and HCA Agree to Start New Lab Joint Venture in Utah …

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Is PAML to Be Sold? ‘No Comment!’ Say Execs

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No. 17 – December 15, 2014 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: It is one of the 10 largest lab companies in the United States. Thus, if Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories in Spokane, Washington, were to be sold, it would trigger a major shift in the competitive market for lab testing service…

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PAML to Enter Kentucky With New Laboratory JV

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVII No. 4 – March 21, 2011 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: This latest laboratory joint venture, in partnership with Saint Joseph Health System, gives Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories, LLC (PAML), a solid presence in Kentucky’s laboratory testing marketplace. Over the past 10 years, PAML, which is based in the Pac…

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