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Amazon Makes Big Play into Health, Diagnostics
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 6 – May 3, 2021 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Amazon is prepared to award $12 million in grants and is soliciting proposals for developing diagnostic technologies for detecting SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious diseases. This is the latest indication that the multi-billion-dollar enterprise would like to disrupt heal…
Lab Briefs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 6 – May 3, 2021 Issue
Lighthouse Lab Services Acquires Vachette Pathology Last month, it was announced that Lighthouse Lab Services of Charlotte, N.C., had acquired Vachette Pathology of Sylvania, Ohio. Price and terms of the acquisition were not d…
UnitedHealthCare’s New Policy Further Narrows Its Lab Network
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 6 – May 3, 2021 Issue
UNITEDHEALTHCARE’S (UHC) RECENT MOVE to designate certain clinical and anatomic pathology laboratories as Designated Diagnostic Providers appears to be yet one more way that the insurer is narrowing its network. Effective July 1, 2021, and subject to st…
May 3, 2021 Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 6 – May 3, 2021 Issue
Superman, the superhero of DC Comics and movies, recently gave a positive shout-out to lab professionals during the 45th Annual Lab Week. The American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) gave its Lab Week recognition a theme of “Avengers of…
Lab Professions ‘Haves,’ ‘Have Nots,’ and Thieves
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXVIII No. 5 – April 12, 2021 Issue
ONCE AGAIN, THE LATEST NEWS OF IMPORTANCE in the clinical laboratory industry includes disparate topics that include legal/regulatory, new technology in anatomic pathology, fraud involving lab testing, and more consolidation in the in vitro diagnostics (IVD) industry….
Federal Judge Rules Against ACLA in Its PAMA Lawsuit
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII No. 5 – April 12, 2021 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Now that a federal judge has ruled that the American Clinical Laboratory Association’s lawsuit is moot and dismissed the case, it is unclear what next steps are open to ACLA and the clinical laboratory industry in their challenge to how the federal Centers for Medicar…
Revised Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute Rules Are Good News for Labs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 4 – March 22, 2021 Issue
This is an excerpt of a 1,385-word article in the March 22, 2021 issue of  THE DARK REPORT (TDR). The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: The Dark Report explains how changes to the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute will benefit labs,…
Despite COVID-19, Regular Lab Testing Expands
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 4 – March 22, 2021 Issue
TIMES ARE GOOD FOR THE REGULAR RANGE of clinical laboratory and anatomic pathology testing services. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the daily number of routine test specimens is near pre-pandemic levels and certain sectors of lab testing—particularly genetic tests and some high-cost assays—are sh…
Revised Stark and AKS Rules Are Good News for Labs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 4 – March 22, 2021 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It must be rewarding for federal rulemakers at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the Inspector General to hear that attorneys representing clinical labs and pathology groups consider the new final rules for the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickb…
Understanding Key Parts of New AKS, Stark Law Rules
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 4 – March 22, 2021 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Both the federal Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute have been revised and the final rules became effective on Jan. 19. The good news for clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups is that federal regulators from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services a…
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