TAG:
Department of Justice
Change Health Cyberattack Breaches PHI Here at TDR!
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 6 – April 29, 2024 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It was Feb. 21 when cybercriminals attacked Change Healthcare’s claims processing systems. On April 22, UnitedHealth Group issued a statement that PHI for “a substantial proportion of people in America” was breached. We believe the PHI of our employees and T…
UnitedHealth Group Faces DOJ Antitrust Probe
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 6 – April 29, 2024 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Recent events have not been kind to UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries UnitedHealthcare and Optum. In February, just as UHG’s Change Healthcare division was hit with a major cyberattack that disrupted billions of dolla…
Change Healthcare Hit by Major Cyberattack
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 4 – March 18, 2024 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It was a classic ransomware attack against Change Healthcare, the business unit of Optum that is itself a division of UnitedHealth Group. On Feb. 21, this cyberattack shut down critical systems at Change Healthcare, such as those involved in accepting and forwarding prescript…
January 16, 2024, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, Number 1 – January 16, 2024 Issue
If a patient’s genetic test generates results that are actionable, will that patient move forward with treatment? That is one question asked by researchers in a study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center that was published in the American Journal of Human Genetics. …
Healthcare Fraud Cases Include Decades-Long Cases of Deceit
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, Number 16 – November 13, 2023 Issue
Healthcare fraud cases continue to receive harsh penalties from the federal government as indicated in the case of a California clinical laboratory owner and her husband who attempted to defraud the government of millions of dollars. Lourdes Navarro and husband Imran Shams attempted to defraud ins…
How Private Payers Audit Labs for Possible Claims Fraud
By Virchow | From the Volume XXX, No. 14 – October 2, 2023 Issue
EDITOR’S NOT…
Lab Execs Allegedly Lied to FDA about Faulty Tests
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 7 – May 8, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Three former executives of a lab testing company face criminal charges. Federal prosecutors claim that the three plaintiffs who previously worked at Magellan Diagnostics flagrantly hid…
May 8, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 7 – May 8, 2023 Issue
Responding to the need to expand access to training for diagnostic testing professionals, the CDC’s Division of Laboratory Systems has launched OneLab TEST (Timely Education and Support of Testers)….
OIG’s Issues New Opinion on Use of Gift Cards for Lab Specimens
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 6 – April 17, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: This new Advisory Opinion from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) outlines a narrow situation in which it may be allowable for clinical laboratories to use gift cards to encourage pa…
Labs Can Expect COVID-19 Lab Testing Audits and Federal Investigations
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 7 – May 16, 2022 Issue
This is an excerpt of a 2,081-word article in the May 16, 2022 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: Billions of federal dollars were paid out for needed SARS-CoV-2 testing during the pandemic. Now, even th…
CURRENT ISSUE
Volume XXXI, No. 6 – April 29, 2024
Laboratory managers will want to note that The Dark Report itself was targeted by the fraudsters who hit Change Health in a cyberattack. Also, one lab has some innovative methods of combatting the chronic staffing shortage, including hiring college graduates and students.
See the full table of contentsHow Much Laboratory Business Intelligence Have You Missed?
Lab leaders rely on THE DARK REPORT for actionable intelligence on important developments in the business of laboratory testing. Maximize the money you make-and the money you keep! Best of all, it is released every three weeks!
Sign up for TDR Insider
Join the Dark Intelligence Group FREE and get TDR Insider FREE!
Never miss a single update on the issues that matter to you and your business.
Topics
- Anatomic Pathology
- Clinical Chemistry
- Clinical Laboratory
- Clinical Laboratory Trends
- Digital Pathology
- Genetic Testing
- In Vitro Diagnostics
- IVD/Lab Informatics
- Lab Intelligence
- Lab Marketplace
- Lab Risk & Compliance
- Laboratory Automation
- Laboratory Billing
- Laboratory Compliance
- Laboratory Equipment
- Laboratory Information Systems
- Laboratory Management
- Lean Six Sigma
- Managed Care Contracts
- Molecular Diagnostics
- Pathology Trends
- People
- Uncategorized
The Dark Report • 21806 Briarcliff Dr • Spicewood, TX 78669
Phone: 512-264-7103 • Toll Free Number: 800-560-6363
Email: customerservice@darkintelligencegroup.com
© 2022 The Dark Report. All rights reserved.