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Phlebotomists in Calif. Undergoing Certification
CEO SUMMARY: State certification of phlebotomists is under way in the Golden State. By April 9, 2006, all phlebotomists in California will need to maintain state certification. This development adds complexity to laboratory management in California. However, there are no signs that other …
“February 14, 2005 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
There’s a new leader at the Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA). On February 7, 2005, CLMA President Judy Lien announced that the association’s new Chief Executive Officer is Dana Procsal, Ph.D., a veteran laboratory industry executive. Most recently, Procsal was V…
“June 28, 2004 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
There’s early evidence that health benefit costs for 2005 may only increase by a single digit percentage. Hewitt Associates is gathering data from 160 large companies for its annual healthcare cost survey. It reports that an average increase of 13.7% appears likely, compared to a 1…
“November 10, 2003 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Has the disappearance of much despised closed panel HMOs eased the financial woes of physicians? Apparently not, according to a recent study. Medical groups are losing money. Nationwide, the average loss-per-physician by medical groups was $3,977. In the 2003 survey, 25,784 physicians responded, a 26…
20% Medicare Co-Pay A Blow to Regional Labs
CEO SUMMARY: Informed speculation indicates that private health insurers are likely to adopt some form of laboratory test co-payment if the proposed Medicare 20% lab test co-pay legislation becomes law. For hospital laboratory outreach programs, the resulting reduction of reimbursement an…
Jamaica Med Techs, Kaiser Permanente, Cytyc, Myriad Genetics, Bayer, CLMA
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGISTS IN JAMAICA STAGE WALK-OUT IN JANUARY LABORATORY TECHS ARE NOT KNOWN to be a radical component of the labor movement. But that doesn’t seem to be the case in Jamaica, where more than 80 of that country’s medical technologists walked off their jobs twice in January in…
Specialty Progresses With CA Lab Regulators
CEO SUMMARY: Earlier this month California laboratory regulators found Specialty Laboratories, Inc. to be “in substantial compliance with California clinical laboratory law.” This is an important milestone in restoring the lab company to full compliance with both state and federal labor…
Institute of Medicine Calls For 12 Medicare Lab Reforms
CEO SUMMARY: Since 1987, the clinical lab industry has endured almost non-stop cuts in the absolute level of Medicare reimbursement for lab testing. But the time may be ripe for laboratories to work together to effect far-reaching reforms to Medicare laboratory payment policies. Just as t…
“February 5, 2001 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
This time the Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA) looked in its own backyard to find a Executive Director. On Monday, February 12, Robert Neri will begin his responsibilities at CLMA. Not only does Neri have a long career in laboratory management, but he lives in the Ph…
“October 23, 2000 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Get ready for the stock market to begin creating multi-millionaires from today’s generation of commercial laboratory executives. Most laboratorians know that Roche sold $430.5 million of its stock holding in Laboratory Corporation of America stock only seven days a…
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