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Direct-to-Consumer Clinical Laboratory Testing is Booming
As part of the ongoing and expanding healthcare direct-to-consumer (DTC) wellness trend, DTC laboratory testing is on the rise. It is driven by increasing at-home care, effective and affordable telehealth approaches, and significantly more convenient sampling and…
Providers May Be Ordering Inappropriate Vitamin D Tests
Heightened consumer interest has been driving demand for vitamin D testing in recent years. However, clinical laboratories should be aware that some providers could be ordering the wrong test to measure levels of the vitamin, in part due to the way that online or…
Patient-Driven Testing Spurs New Opportunities
CEO SUMMARY: Patient-driven diagnostic testing is creating both opportunities and challenges for clinical laboratories, as increased demand and evolving business models stretch the industry’s capacity and profitability. However, an industry veteran in commercial lab prod…
One Lab’s Solution to Its Histotechnologist Shortage
Histology workforce shortages remain one of the major challenges within the clinical laboratory industry, and, unfortunately, as the demand for histotechnologists increases, the number of qualified personnel has been decreasing. A report releas…
How Stanford Tackles the Lab Labor Shortage
CEO SUMMARY: Clinical labs nationwide face worsening staffing shortages across all roles. Stanford Health Care’s Jennifer Fralick outlines strategies to retain talent and improve efficiency, such as career ladders and top-of-skills staffing. By aligning tasks with skill …
RESULTS Act Offers Another Chance at PAMA Relief
OVER YOUR SHOULDER, YOU MAY HEAR THE CLOCK TICK…
Deal Offers Signals about the Future of Digital Pathology
THE DIGITAL PATHOLOGY MARKET IS AT AN INFLECTION POINT, AND TEMPUS’ RECENT $81.25 MILLION ACQUISITION OF PAIGE underscores both the challenges and opportunities ahead. While the pandemic temporarily accelerated digital pathology adoption, with vendors raising large su…
Despite Trade Tariffs, IVD Firms Report Upbeat Earnings
LEADING IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS (IVD) COMPANIES RECENTLY REPORTED POSITIVE QUARTERLY FINANCIALS despite swirling concerns about trade tariffs and cuts to US federal research grants. It’s not yet clear what the long-term effect of tariffs’ will be on IVD manu…
Immigration Enforcement Considerations for Labs
CEO SUMMARY: ICE audits and immigration sweeps are on the rise and garnering plenty of public attention. There has also been a significant increase in the US government’s budget for immigration and border enforcement. With that in mind, compliance with Form I-9 regul…
Using Sophisticated Schemes, Fraudsters Hit the Next Level
Investigators and fraudsters appear to be upping their game as the government seeks to punish those filing unscrupulous Medicare claims. These aspects were clear in the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) announcement last month of the largest healthcare fraud takedown reportedly in US history. Cli…
CURRENT ISSUE
Volume XXXIII, No. 8 – June, 2026
Congress Returns to CLIA Reform with Proposed LDT Framework, and the Newly Filed Enhancing CLIA Act seeks to modernize clinical laboratory regulations. A newly introduced federal bill could signal the next chapter in the long-running debate over how laboratory developed tests (LDTs) should be regulated in the United States.
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