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New Clinical Lab Opens on March 23 and Prospers
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVII, No. 15 – October 26, 2020 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Timing is everything when launching a new clinical laboratory business. The March 23 grand opening of Incyte Pathology’s clinical lab came in the midst of the collapse of daily routine specimen referrals. But once the lab was operational, Incyte had the capability, the …
Regulators Acted Slowly as Labs Developed Tests for Coronavirus
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVII No. 5 – March 30, 2020 Issue
WHEN THE FIRST DEATHS FROM THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS were reported in Seattle beginning on Feb. 29, Helen Chu, MD, MPH, took notice. An infectious disease expert at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Chu is a director with the Seattle Flu Study. Since…
Lawsuits Allege LabCorp, Quest Overcharged Uninsured Patients
By Joseph Burns
CEO SUMMARY: Court documents filed in U.S. District courts in New Jersey and North Carolina provide details about how each of the two lab companies set lab test prices differently—as much as 10 times higher—for cash-paying patients than for patients who have Medicare, Medicaid, or com…
In New Mexico, Three Collaborators Improve Patient Care, Outcomes
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVI No. 11 – August 12, 2019 Issue
IT’S OFFICIAL! A YEAR-LONG COLLABORATION involving a health insurer, a clinical laboratory, and an analytics company showed that insurers and physicians can use clinically-actionable intelligence developed from medical lab test data to improve patient outcomes. This important accomplishment in patie…
Northwell Health Lab Team Leverages Data to Add Value
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVI No. 8 – June 10, 2019 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Today, insurers get risk-adjusted payments for treating patients who have high-cost health conditions and they make risk-adjusted payments to physicians, hospitals, and other providers. At Northwell Health, the clinical lab saw the opportunity to leverage lab test data with …
TriCore Finds Value-Based Healthcare a Profitable Endeavor
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXVI No. 7 – May 20, 2019 Issue
This is an excerpt from a 3,380-word article in the May 20, 2019 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: To develop new sources of revenue to offset declining …
TriCore Forges Ahead to Help Payers Manage Population Health
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVI No. 7 – May 20, 2019 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: To develop new sources of revenue to offset declining fee-for-service payments, TriCore Reference Labs is collaborating with health insurers in novel ways to improve patient outcomes and lower healthcare costs. To achieve this, TriCore brings together data from lab tests, EHR…
LabCorp to Acquire Iowa’s Metropolitan Medical Lab
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVI No. 4 – March 18, 2019 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Without making an announcement, LabCorp said it would acquire the Metropolitan Medical Laboratory, a privately-held laboratory founded in 1914 in Davenport, Iowa. The local newspaper reported that some 136 employees from Metro Medical’s laboratory operations in Moline, Ill….
Fla. Blue Cross Contract May Be Next Battleground
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVI No. 4 – March 18, 2019 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In Florida, the Blue Cross Blue Shield contract is coming up for renewal and the question is whether it will renew as exclusive to one national lab company. But Florida is not the only state where BCBS plans are planning to issue new contracts. Among the Blues plans that may …
Sonic Uses Lab Data, Patient-Contact Tools, to Improve Outcomes
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 16 – November 13, 2018 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In its work for a federally qualified health center, Sonic Healthcare USA helped physicians use a data-driven approach to population health management that incorporated integrated financial and clinical analytics. Also, Sonic developed technologies that give ordering physicia…
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