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Federal Shift on Medicaid Fraud Offers Warning to Labs
By Janette Wider | From the Volume XXXIII, No. 8 – June, 2026 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: While the announcement of the largest autism fraud case in DOJ history doesn’t directly pertain to clinical labs, it still indicates heightened scrutiny of Medicaid-funded healthcare services n…
Alzheimer’s Data-Sharing Platform Hints at Lab Opportunities
By Stephen Beale | From the Volume XXXIII, No. 8 – June, 2026 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Savvy clinical lab decision-makers know that they must seek out new revenue streams beyond expanded test menus. Labcorp’s new AI platform for Alzheimer’s disease-related data ana…
Federal Shift on Medicaid Fraud Offers Warning to Labs
By Janette Wider | From the Volume XXXIII, No. 8 – June, 2026 Issue
CEO SUMMARY:While the announcement of the largest autism fraud case in DOJ history doesn’t directly pertain to clinical labs, it still indicates heightened scrutiny of Medicaid-funded healthcare services na…
Google, Epic to Help Hospitals Migrate EHR Data to Cloud
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, Number 1 – January 16, 2024 Issue
GOOGLE CLOUD OF MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF., inked a new deal with Epic Systems designed to encourage healthcare providers to move electronic health record (EHR) data to the cloud. This relationship will include efforts to step up the use of artificial intelligence (AI) an…
Data Analytics Improves Lab Productivity, Turnaround Time
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 8 – May 30, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: An increased ability to analyze internal diagnostic data helped MultiCare Health System improve laboratory test turnaround times in real time and more efficiently staff i…
Medicare Affiliation Rule Targets Criminal Behavior
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVI No. 15 – November 4, 2019 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Under a new federal rule in effect this month, all healthcare providers—including clinical laboratories and pathology groups—will need to scour the records of all officers, directors, and affiliates to identify any that have had negative dealings with CMS or other federal…
In New Mexico, Three Collaborators Improve Patient Care, Outcomes
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVI No. 11 – August 12, 2019 Issue
IT’S OFFICIAL! A YEAR-LONG COLLABORATION involving a health insurer, a clinical laboratory, and an analytics company showed that insurers and physicians can use clinically-actionable intelligence developed from medical lab test data to improve patient outcomes. This important accomplishment in patie…
ProMedica, Sonic Form Lab Outreach Joint Venture
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 12 – August 20, 2018 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Fast-growing ProMedica Health System of Toledo, Ohio, agreed to a laboratory joint venture with Sonic Healthcare USA. As lab budgets and prices for lab tests are squeezed downward, ProMedica sees opportunity to add volume to this new core lab facility to improve efficiency an…
Computer Hackers Attack LabCorp, Company Shuts Entire IT Network
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 11 – July 30, 2018 Issue
FOR ALL CLINICAL LABORATORIES AND PATHOLOGISTS, the hacking problems Laboratory Corporation of America experienced earlier this month are a reminder that unwanted IT attacks are not a matter of if, but when. It is an accepted fact that labs and other medical providers are at higher r…
October 9, 2017 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 14 – October 9, 2017 Issue
Sept. 22 was the day that an agreement to sell Miraca Life Sciences (MLS) of Irving, Texas, was announced. Miraca Holdings will sell the anatomic pathology lab company to Avista Capital Partners. As part of the transaction, a new holding company, cal…
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Volume XXXIII, No. 9 – July, 2026
Newsmaker Interview with Revvity’s Yves Dubaquie > How Specialty Diagnostic Tests Connect with Lab Customers: In this exclusive Q&A, Revvity’s Yves Dubaquie provides details about the in vitro diagnostics company’s priorities, including developing specialty tests and reviewing its business in China. Dubaquie also explains why clinical laboratories may need to consider hiring more technology-savvy workers in the future as the complexity of instruments grows.
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