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FDA Clears Waived CBC For Near-Patient Testing
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXIV No. 16 – November 20, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Market clearance of the first-ever CLIA-waived analyzer for complete blood count and three-part differential tests could cut time-to-answer from days to mere minutes for one of the top 20 tests by volume performed at core laboratories. Developer Sysmex America, Inc., foresees…
New source of lab test abuse surfaces in the form of HOPDs and MSOs
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXIV No. 15 – October 30, 2017 Issue
This is an excerpt from a 2,350-word article in the Oct. 30, 2017 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete article is available for a limited time to all readers, and available at all times to paid members of the Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: …
Lab Scheme Recruits Hospitals To Bill as In-Network Providers
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 15 – October 30, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Management companies using a new generation of potentially fraudulent schemes are targeting hospitals and health systems for arrangements that use questionable means to increase lab test volume and revenue. The management companies often use the term “hospital outpatient de…
September 18, 2017 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 13 – September 18, 2017 Issue
Last week, 23andMe raised $250 million in a financing round led by Sequoia Capital. The company has an estimated value of $1.75 billion and has attracted $491 mill…
California Pathology Labs to Report Data to State’s Cancer Registry
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 11 – August 7, 2017 Issue
HEALTHCARE BIG DATA IS ADVANCING in California and all pathologists in the Golden State will be required to submit data to the state’s cancer registry beginning in 2019. California’s new law to support the state’s cancer registry is the latest example of an effort to ensure the timely collecti…
Konica Minolta to Pay Up to $1 Billion for Ambry
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 10 – July 17, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It’s the second time in six years that a Japanese corporation paid a high price for a genetic testing company in the United States. Konica Minolta will purchase Ambry Genetics for $800 million at closing and $200 million upon hitting certain financial metrics. In 2011, Miraca H…
Ambry Genetics $800M Sale to Konica Minolta Is a Big Deal for Lab Industry
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXIV No. 10 – July 17, 2017 Issue
This is an excerpt from a 2,026-word article in the July 17, 2017 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete article is available for a limited time to all readers, and available at all times to paid members of the Dark Intelligence Group. …
Anthem Launches Program to Manage Genetic Tests
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXIV No. 9 – June 26, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Pre-authorization of genetic tests is coming to physicians serving patients insured by Anthem, Inc. Its specialty benefits management company, AIM Specialty Health, will manage the program. AIM will work with InformedDNA, a company that specializes in genetic testing clinical…
Six Years after Launch, Med Fusion Sold to Quest
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 9 – June 26, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In Dallas, the relatively short-lived lab company known as Med Fusion has a new owner. After seven years, the lab partnership of Baylor Scott and White, US Oncology Network, Texas Oncology, and Pathologists Bio-Medical Laboratories decided to sell their ownership stakes to Qu…
Quest Diagnostics Exits 31-Year-Old Lab Venture
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 9 – June 26, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: News that Quest Diagnostics had exited the long-running CompuNet Clinical Laboratory joint venture in Dayton, Ohio, caught many observers by surprise. The only clues as to possible problems and the motivation of Premier Health, the 51% owner, to buy out Quest’s ownership sh…
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