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…

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June 13, 2016 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIII No. 8 – June 13, 2016 Issue

Life insurers are adopting healthcare big data as part of their underwriting process and clinical laboratory test data has an important role. Quest Diagnostics Incorporated participates in this business line. Huffington Post recently published a story on this topic and ident…

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Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes to Show Scientific Data at AACC Conference

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIII No. 7 – May 23, 2016 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Theranos Founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes will be in Philadelphia to present to the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) data about the technology developed at Theranos. Conference organizers said Holmes would answer ques- tions to clarify the science, accuracy, …

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AACC reveals details of its invitation to Theranos CEO

By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXIII No. 7 – May 23, 2016 Issue

This is an excerpt from a 925-word article in the May 23 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete article is available to paid members of the Dark Intelligence Group.  …

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COLA Questions UHC on BeaconLBS Accredit Rules

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXII No. 6 – April 20, 2015 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: UnitedHealthcare’s ‘Laboratories of Choice’ network in Florida accepts only labs accredited by the College of American Pathologists and The Joint Commission. In March, COLA wrote to UnitedHealth to question this policy which excludes labs accredited by the five other…

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Cleveland Clinic Lab Aims to Grow Reference Testing

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XIX No. 8 – June 4, 2012 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: In the national market for reference and esoteric testing, Cleveland Clinic Laboratories (CCL) is preparing to expand its presence. It has just moved into a $75 million state-of-the-art laboratory facility and wants to increase its outreach reference testing by four-fold with…

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NYSDOH Shuts Hospital Lab In Queens, New York

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XIX No. 4 – March 12, 2012 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: When the New York State Department of Health closed the laboratory at 173-bed Peninsula Hospital Center in New York City on February 23, it became national news. State inspectors issued a nine-page list of deficiencies in the lab, including problems that could affect patient …

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GHSU Graduates Med Techs Using Distance Training

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIX No. 2 – January 30, 2012 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Many clinical labs experiencing a shortage of trained medical laboratory scientists (MLS) in their city continue to overlook how the use of distance training programs could help them attract and retain top-performers. Leaders of the clinical laboratory scientist (CLS…

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Thermo Fisher, Intrinsic Bioprobes, Kaiser Permanente, UCSF, CLMA, ASCLS

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVIII No. 13 – September 26, 2011 Issue

THERMO FISHER BUYS INTRINSIC BIOPROBES, CONTINUES BUYING SPREE IT’S ANOTHER ACQUISITION FOR Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., of Waltham, Massachusetts. It purchased Intrinsic Bioprobes, Inc., of Rochester, New York, earlier this month. A m…

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Got a Lab Test Question? Call an ASCLS Lab Guru!

By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: Each year since its launch in 2001, the ASCLS Consumer Response Team serves increasing numbers of patients and physicians. Clinical Laboratory Scientist volunteers from the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science provide answers and help patients understand …

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