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What’s a Big Headwind for Labs? It’s the LDT Rule!
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXXI, No. 10 – July 22, 2024 Issue
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July 25, 2016 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIII No. 10 – July 25, 2016 Issue
Throughout the profession of laboratory medicine, concern is surfacing following publication of a proposed rule by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that would expand the authority of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to supervise and perform laboratory testing. This …
May 2, 2016 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIII No. 6 – May 2, 2016 Issue
Like the Sword of Damocles of Greek myth, market price reporting by labs under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) continues to hang over the heads of the nation’s clinical laboratories. However, instead of a threat, PAMA market price reporting may soon become a reality. News reports indi…
March 21, 2016 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIII No. 4 – March 21, 2016 Issue
Tougher times in the clinical lab testing market have claimed another lab company. On February 28, Artherotech, Inc., posted a notice on its website stating that it had closed permanently, as of that date. Along with its several hundred employees, Artherotech’s closure caught many…
In this Philadelphia Story, LabCorp Uses 2007 Script
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXI No. 12 – September 2, 2014 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: There’s a managed care contracting play-book that seems to be working better for Laboratory Corporation of America than it does for Quest Diagnostics Inc. On July 1, LabCorp became the exclusive national lab provider for Independence Blue Cross of Philadelphia. For the past…
My Visit to Walgreens for Theranos Lab Tests
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No. 11 – August 11, 2014 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: One of the biggest unknowns in the lab testing industry today is Theranos, the lab testing company based in Palo Alto, California. It says its proprietary technology is poised to transform the lab testing experience for patients and physicians. It says it can perform hundreds…
NorDx CEO Shares Five Rules Critical to every Lab’s Success
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXI No. 11 – August 11, 2014 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: To meet the financial challenges of healthcare today, clinical labs and pathology groups can follow the five classic lab rules of success. However, as noted by Stan Schofield, CEO of NorDx Laboratories in Scarborough, Maine, the “old school” methods need …
PeaceHealth Lab Helps Docs with Info to Improve Outcomes
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XX No. 11 – August 13, 2013 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Described by its CEO as “an information company that happens to do laboratory testing,” PeaceHealth Laboratories of Springfield, Oregon, is moving swiftly to develop and deliver value-added services to its client physicians. The lab’s goal is to help re…
December 31, 2012 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIX No. 18 – December 31, 2012 Issue
It is likely that the latest lab acquisition by Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. (BRLI) is for the purpos…
Office-Based Physicians Want In-Clinic Laboratories
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XVIII No. 6 – May 2, 2011 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Interest by office-based physicians in creating an in-clinic medical testing laboratory is on the increase. This has direct consequences for independent commercial labs, hospital lab outreach programs, and anatomic pathology groups, since office- based physicians are…
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