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ACLA Lawyer Says Judge’s PAMA Ruling Is Narrow
CEO SUMMARY: Many lab professionals were disappointed at the news that a federal judge dismissed the American Clinical Laboratory Association’s arguments in its lawsuit against the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In an interview, the ACLA’s lead lawyer on the ca…
No relief in sight for 2018 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule, but critical issues remain
This is an excerpt from a 2,400-word article in the October 1, 2018 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete article is available at all times to paid members of the Dark Intelligence Group, and non-members may access one premium article per month. CEO SUMMARY: Many lab professionals a…
Labs Serving Nursing Homes, Rural Areas to Suffer Most
CLINICAL LABORATORIES WITH A HIGH percentage of Medicare Part B lab test reimbursement are expected to suffer the most under the Part B Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) cuts that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed Sept. 22. With the proposed rates schedul…
Is Pharmacogenomics Testing Unaffordable for Payers?
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, labs that perform pharmacogenomic tests complain that both government and private payers are reluctant to issue coverage guidelines and adequate reimbursement for these assays. Yet, this new class of diagnostic lab tests is the foundation of personalized and precision medici…
Did Some Lab Execs ‘Get What They Wished For?’
BY NOW, MOST OF YOU HAVE LEARNED that, just 12 days ago, CMS issued the proposed rule that details how it will handle the private market price reporting mandate of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA). Almost immediately, critics spoke out about the obvious inequities that will re…
August 3, 2015 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
Cerner Corporation is celebrating a big summer of contract awards from the Department of Defense. First up was a project to support further standardization of anatomic pathology within the laboratories operated worldwide by the DoD. Early in July, it was announced t…
April 15, 2013 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Geisinger Health System broke ground last month on construction of a new $52 million medical laboratory facility. It will be 115,000 square feet and will be located at the site of the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania. LAB COMPANY COMPLET…
LabCorp’s BeaconLBS Aims To Manage Genetic Tests
CEO SUMMARY: BeaconLBS is a new business created by Laboratory Corporation of America. It says it wants to help health insurance plans manage molecular diagnostics and genetic testing. BeaconLBS is now recruiting other clinical labs to join its network and is meeting with payers to offer …
Linking UroCor Indictments With Specialist Doc Pathology
IS THE TIMING of the criminal indictments of three ex-UroCor executives going to be a fortuitous event for the anatomic pathology profession? I ask this question because the exploding trend of specialist physician groups internalizing anatomic pathology services was slated to be the…
Lab Testing to Boom During This Decade
CEO SUMMARY: Several recent acquisitions of lab test technology by billion-dollar diagnostics manufacturers reinforce a new reality in the healthcare marketplace: developing new diagnostic tests is faster, cheaper, and more profitable than developing new pharmaceutical products. This simp…
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Volume XXXI, No. 16 – November 25, 2024
Two different federal lawsuits that challenge the authority of the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs) will be combined. Plaintiffs and the government in both cases agreed to move forward on this basis.
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