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New Laboratory Industry Trend: Labs Must Prepare for End of Fee-for-Service Model
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXII NO. 7 – May 11, 2015 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: One stark difference between the presentations delivered at last year’s Executive War College and this year’s presentations in New Orleans last week was near-unanimous recognition that the era of fee-for-service payment is soon to end! Speaker after spea…
Pathologists Exploring Use of Diagnostic Teams
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXII No. 2 – January 26, 2015 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In the search for ways to add more value to lab testing services, pathologists and lab administrators are considering organizing diagnostic management teams within their hospitals. Such teams focus on complex cases and include…
Preparing the Next Generation of Lab Leaders
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXI No. 17 – December 15, 2014 Issue
ACROSS THE LAB TESTING INDUSTRY, individual labs are caught in a serious conundrum. On one hand, the ongoing transformation of healthcare and the erosion of lab test revenues are putting the financial squeeze on a large number of clinical labs and pathology groups. On the other hand, at the very mom…
NorDx CEO Shares Five Rules Critical to every Lab’s Success
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXI No. 11 – August 11, 2014 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: To meet the financial challenges of healthcare today, clinical labs and pathology groups can follow the five classic lab rules of success. However, as noted by Stan Schofield, CEO of NorDx Laboratories in Scarborough, Maine, the “old school” methods need …
Dealing with Realities of Changing Market
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXI No. 10 – July 21, 2014 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Swift transformation of the American healthcare system is causing financial challenges for those clinical labs and pathology groups that have been slow to react to these developments. At NorDx Laboratories in Scarborough, Maine, the team is following the classic five rules fo…
Futurist Predicts Less Margin, More Consolidation in Market
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXI No. 9 – June 30, 2014 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Based on interviews with 40 CEOs of major healthcare companies, one expert says that the next three years will bring major changes to healthcare. In his presentation at the Executive War College, Ted Schwab noted that these changes include a swift adoption of budgeted care (a…
Speakers in New Orleans Offer Important Insights
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No. 7 – May 19, 2014 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In coming years, there will be multiple challenges and opportunities for the nation’s clinical laboratories and pathology groups. That was one common theme heard from the 90 speakers and panelists at the 19th annual Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Manageme…
Clinical Labs Spending Money in New Ways
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No. 4 – March 17, 2014 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In response to the many changes now unfolding in the U.S. healthcare system, labs are investing their scarce capital in different ways. Five trends in lab spending can be identified. They range from expanding the informatics capabilities of a lab organization to acquiring the…
Labs, Path Groups Face Major Financial Issues
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No. 3 – February 24, 2014 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Are clinical labs and pathology groups ready for the end of fee-for-service reimbursement? That’s just one important question that will be answered at the upcoming Executive War College on Lab and Pathology Management that will take place in New Orleans on April 29-30. The …
PeaceHealth Lab Helps Docs with Info to Improve Outcomes
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XX No. 11 – August 13, 2013 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Described by its CEO as “an information company that happens to do laboratory testing,” PeaceHealth Laboratories of Springfield, Oregon, is moving swiftly to develop and deliver value-added services to its client physicians. The lab’s goal is to help re…
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