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San Diego MSA Selected For Medicare Lab Demo
CEO SUMMARY: Earlier this month, CMS revealed its selection of the first of two sites for the Medicare Competitive Bidding Demonstration Project for Laboratory Testing Services. It will be the San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos MSA (metropolitan statistical area). An assessment of this MSA rev…
Roche Diagnostics, Ventana Medical, Aetna, Medicare Competitive Bid Demo
NEW CEO NAMED AT ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS, VENTANA OFFER EXTENDED LAST WEEK, ROCHE HOLDINGS AG announced the appointment of Jürgen Schwiezer to become CEO of Roche Diagnostics, effective January 1, 2008. He succeeds Severin Schwa…
August 6, 2007 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
These days, it seems as if all sorts of physicians want to cut themselves a slice of the anatomic pathology pie. Now its podiatrists! Sources tell THE DARK REPORT that a large podiatric group in Atlanta has opened its own in-office pathology lab. Reportedly, this lab is generating more than $100,000 …
Quest, LabCorp Slug It Out In Battle for Market Share
CEO SUMMARY: In reporting second quarter earnings, both Laboratory Corporation of America and Quest Diagnostics Incorporated discussed market developments. There were no surprises in the comments made by executives of both companies. Quest Diagnostics emphasized that it is hanging on to a…
Exclusive Lab Contracts Have Consequences
CEO SUMMARY: During the past seven months, competition in the Northeast has intensified. Decisions by UnitedHealth and Aetna to exclude a national laboratory from their respective provider panels has forced many physicians to reconsider their choice of laboratory provider—creating an op…
July 16, 2007 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Another example of the globalization of laboratory testing services is the just-announced acquisition of laboratory middleware provider P.G.P, s.a., of Brussells, Belgium, by Data Innovations, Inc., of South Burlington, Vermont. Data Innovations states that the acqui…
Intense Competition for Market Share in New York
ONE OF THE MOST TURBULENT MARKETS FOR LAB SERVICES TODAY is New York City and the Tri-State area of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. This is ground zero in the fight for market share between Quest Diagnostics Incorporated and Laboratory Corporation of America a…
ACLA Prepares to Tackle Tough Lab Industry Issues
CEO SUMMARY: At its annual meeting last month, the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) rolled out a new campaign to educate Congress, government and private payers, and the American public about the value of laboratory testing. Called “Results for Life,” the campaign is a …
Implementation Date Passes on Medicare Competitive Bid Project
YESTERDAY, APRIL 1, WAS THE DAY that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) was scheduled to implement the first sites for the Medicare Clinical Laboratory Services Competitive Bidding Demonstration project. It was good news for the laboratory industry that the day passed with…
Key Trends Drive Change for Clinical Laboratories
CEO SUMMARY: Technology plays an ever-growing role in reshaping the organization and operation of clinical laboratories. New technologies figure prominently in THE DARK REPORT’S 2007 list of key trends in the clinical laboratory industry. Technological advances in instr…
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