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Northwell Health Lab Team Leverages Data to Add Value

By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XXVI No. 8 – June 10, 2019 issue

CEO SUMMARY: Today, insurers get risk-adjusted payments for treating patients who have high-cost health conditions and they make risk-adjusted payments to physicians, hospitals, and other providers. At Northwell Health, the clinical lab saw the opportunity to leverage lab test data with other clinical and demographic data to identify patients who were undiagnosed or whose conditions were

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Fewer Pathologists Means Tighter Market for Jobs

By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XXVI No. 8 – June 10, 2019 issue

CEO SUMMARY: Pathologists seeking jobs will find that a more competitive job market is pushing salaries up over $300,000 per year on average. In addition, most new jobs come with a hiring bonus and funds for relocation of as much as $12,000 and for continuing medical education of $3,500. But these higher salaries also come

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What Labs Can Expect from PAMA in 2019

By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XXVI No. 7 – May 20, 2019 issue

CEO SUMMARY: Attendees at the Executive War College learned that CMS has taken steps to expand the number of hospital labs required to report their private payer lab test price data under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act, but the unbundling of certain test panels could be problematic. Problems can occur when labs either did

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The Bad News: Disruption. The Good News: Opportunity!

By Robert Michel, from the Volume XXVI No. 7 – May 20, 2019 issue

CEO SUMMARY: There was an interesting consensus that emerged from the 80 sessions and 118 speakers at this year’s Executive War College in New Orleans earlier this month. The consensus centered around two themes. One theme is disruption, which is bad news for those labs that hope to maintain the status quo. The other theme

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What Have We Done for You Lately?

By R. Lewis Dark, from the Volume XXVI No. 5 – April 8, 2019 issue

Our Editor-In-Chief just finished the daunting task of confirming 125 speakers for more than 80 sessions for our 24th annual Executive War College on Lab and Pathology Management. It is our biggest conference ever! These facts are significant to you for an important reason.

The planning phase for an Executive War College requires requires hundreds of

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Best Ways to Gather, Access, Report PAMA Lab Test Price Data to CMS

By Mary Van Doren, from the Volume XXVI No. 4 – March 18, 2019 issue

This is an excerpt from a 2,900-word article in the March 18, 2019 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group.

CEO SUMMARY: This is the first lab industry intelligence briefing which presents the lessons learned by a hospital system lab when it gathered, analyzed, and reported

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Best Ways to Gather, Access, Report PAMA Price Data to CMS

By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XXVI No. 4 – March 18, 2019 issue

CEO SUMMARY: All clinical labs required to report their private payer lab test price data are now in the midst of collecting that data. One big change in PAMA reporting is that the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services now defines most hospital and health system labs as “applicable labs”and requires them to report

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Is Your Lab Prepared for More Tough Challenges?

By R. Lewis Dark, from the Volume XXVI No. 4 – March 18, 2019 issue

THERE IS A NEW FAVORITE WORD WALL STREET ANALYST USE when they want to describe an industry that is going to experience tough times that will make it difficult for companies to grow and remain profitable. That word is “headwinds” and it can aptly be applied to the multiple tough challenges that are about to

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Wisconsin Provides Peek at Pathology’s Future

By R. Lewis Dark, from the Volume XXVI No. 3 – February 25, 2019 issue

BIGGER PATHOLOGY GROUPS AND METROWIDE OR STATEWIDE COVERAGE will be major characteristics in the anatomic pathology profession as healthcare continues to transform in new ways. That is why the reasons for the substantial growth in case volume and revenue at North Shore Pathologists (NSP) in Milwaukee should be studied by pathology groups everywhere.

It was a practice

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In Tough Times, All Labs Need Success Strategies

By R. Lewis Dark, from the Volume XXVI No. 2 – February 4, 2019 issue

By any measure, it is tougher today for clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups to generate the revenue needed to deliver state-of-the-art diagnostic testing services while remaining financially viable. Four recent trends prove the point.

First, every year, the Medicare program and private health insurers are cutting the prices they pay for medical laboratory tests.

Second, most

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Volume XXVI No. 8 – June 10, 2019

THE U.S. HAS LOST ALMOST 18% of its pathologists since 2007. This means the U.S. has even fewer pathologists than other countries who have already suffered adverse clinical lab quality events. TDR also digs further into what this means for the industry, finding that while salaries and benefits are increasing, higher pay will come with a heavier workload. Also, in a Clinical Lab 2.0 case study, TDR walks readers through the steps Northwell Health took to help improve patient care – and add value – by using its data to identify patients who were undiagnosed or misdiagnosed.

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