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Vitamin D Test Expert Discusses Mass Spec
CEO SUMMARY: Those labs performing Vitamin 25(OH) D testing by mass spectrometry face an interesting challenge. For more than two decades, physicians, patients, and a majority of credible clinical studies have accepted RIA and IA Vitamin 25(OH) D results as a familiar standard. That is wh…
August 18, 2008 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
There’s a new lab company in New York City. Manhattan Physicians Laboratory, Inc. (MPL) was recently launched by two former executives from Quest Diagnostics Incorporated. Thomas Golubic is MPL’s President and William Nouri is Vice President and Lab Operations Di…
Labs Should Build Payer Relationships to Improve Commodity Pricing
“Health plans are interested in improving outcomes and saving money on complex, expensive cases because that’s where the money is. At the same time, that’s an opportunity for labs to help health plans cut costs while also improving quality. ” —Kerry Kaplan, Presi…
CMS Anti-Markup Rules Target In-Office Ancillaries
CEO SUMMARY: Medicare officials are again attempting to rein in what they consider to be potentially abusive forms of in-office ancillary services, including anatomic pathology. Proposed new rules published this month would clarify and perhaps expand the application of the Medicare anti-m…
War College 2008 Theme: Get Close to Customers!
CEO SUMMARY: Over the course of two days, pathologists, lab directors, and other laboratory professionals repeatedly heard speakers urge them to work hard to ensure that customers are the top priority for their laboratory organization. Another theme is the need for labs to organize their …
May 27, 2008 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
A simple telemedicine system that incorporates cheap cell phone cameras is being developed by researchers in the United States and Brazil, according to an article in the May 15 issue of the American Chemical Society’s journal, Analytical Chemistry. The goal is to capture medical da…
Cell Phones to be Used to Report Patient Self-Test Results
HOW ABOUT USING A CELL PHONE to monitor patient in-home laboratory test results? That’s about to happen with a new program introduced by CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maryland. CareFirst will test whether monitoring devices in cell phones can help patients with diabetes mana…
Lab/Path M&A Day Explores High Prices Paid to Lab Owners
IF YOU HAVEN’T NOTICED, there’s a gold rush in diagnostics! Prices paid for clinical laboratories, anatomic pathology group practices, and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) companies have soared recently. This is good news for pathologists and laboratory owners interested in putting their laboratory on …
Powerful Trends Reshaping Anatomic Path Profession
CEO SUMMARY: THE DARK REPORT presents its newest biannual review of macro trends reshaping the anatomic pathology profession. These macro trends reveal a profession undergoing change and transformation on multiple fronts. New competitors are crowding into the market, payers and accreditin…
CMS Spotlights AP as It Delays Anti-Markup Rule
CEO SUMMARY: When Medicare officials postponed implementing a new anti-markup rule late last month, it did so because of questions about how the new rule will be applied. However, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) did implement an aspect of the anti-markup rule on Jan…
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