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Attention All Lab Professionals: It’s Time to Act!
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXIV No. 14 – October 9, 2017 Issue
AT THIS MOMENT, THE ENTIRE CLINICAL LABORATORY INDUSTRY STANDS on the precipice of the most financially disruptive development in the past three decades. On Jan. 1, the federal Centers for M…
AMA, AHA Join Labs to Request Delay, Fix
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 14 – October 9, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In what may be a first for the clinical lab industry, the American Medical Association and the American Hospital Association joined with 20 other healthcare associations to ask CMS Administrator Seema Verma to address the problems with the CMS proposal involving Medicare Part B f…
Proove Biosciences, Medicus Face Serious Fraud Charges
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXIV No. 13 – September 18, 2017 Issue
This is an excerpt from a 1,400-word article in the Sept. 18, 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. …
Drug Testing Labs in Texas, California Deal With Fraud Charges
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 13 – September 18, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Two toxicology lab companies accused of fraud are fighting to stay in business. In the case of Medicus Laboratories of Dallas, it is asking a federal judge to issue a temporary restraining order to prevent state and federal lab regulators from pulling its CLIA license. At Pro…
Positive Patient ID System Catches Patients Cheating on Toxicology Tests
By Pamela Scherer McLeod | From the Volume XXIV No. 13 – September 18, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: The urine drug testing industry is challenged every day to detect the large number of patients trying to cheat on their drug tests. GenoTox Laboratories of Austin, Texas, developed a DNA-authentication method for urine samples that allows the lab to detect when patients have …
50,000 Patients to Retest After Invitae Finds Errors
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 12 – August 28, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In recent weeks, a client notified Invitae of discordant results on a patient. The notification caused the genetic testing company to discover it had a systemic error that failed to test for a specific rare mutation associated with inherited cancer. Company officials believe …
Invitae genetics lab to retest 50,000 patients after finding errors
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXIV No. 12 – August 28, 2017 Issue
This is an excerpt from a 1,400-word article in the August 28, 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: In…
LabCorp, Quest Talk about Medicare Lab Price Cuts
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 11 – August 7, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In an effort to forestall CMS’ efforts to implement the PAMA final rule on market price reporting, Laboratory Corporation of America and Quest Diagnostics are meeting with members of Congress, officials in the administration, and the new leadership of CMS. During recent con…
Time’s running out to stop Medicare lab fee schedule cuts
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXIV No. 11 – August 7, 2017 Issue
This is an excerpt from an article in the August 7, 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: Only a few mo…
NILA Asks Labs to Speak about PAMA Rule’s Flaws
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 11 – August 7, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In a call to action, the National Independent Laboratory Association is urging lab owners, lab managers, and pathologists to educate their members of Congress about the biases and deep flaws built into the final rule for PAMA market price reporting and how the rule will resul…
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