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How Genomic Testing Labs Can Improve Their Relationships with Payers
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 14 – October 10, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: For payers and health plans, it may be a matter of trust that initially curtails speedy reimbursement of new and novel genomic test claims. A panel …
Telemedicine Firms Offer Home Phlebotomy Service
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXIX, No. 13 – September 19, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Telemedicine provider Teladoc Health has announced new services for certain primary care customers that include at-home phlebotomy appointments. The move is evidence of the consumer demand for increased convenience and flexibility in their healthcare. Scarlet Health, a …
Texas Lab Details Dual Accreditation Journey
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXIX, No. 13 – September 19, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In seeking dual accreditation for CLIA and ISO 15189, Advanced Diagnostic Laboratory of San Antonio adapted existing processes to meet accreditor expectations. The result was stronger staff empowerment to suggest improvements in quality, combined with increased recognit…
You Asked for It. We Organized It.
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXIX, No. 12 – August 29, 2022 Issue
DESPITE THE EASING OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN RECENT MONTHS, a pre-pandemic normal does not yet exist—if it ever will. Currently, most clinical laboratories, particularly those serving hospitals and health systems, are under the most intense pressure seen in decades….
Solutions to Lab Staffing, Supply, Revenue Problems
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 12 – August 29, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Responding to requests from numerous lab managers, The Dark Report is organizing a one-and-a-half-day program that will come to your city. Workshop leaders are from labs su…
Tactics to Standardize Point-of-Care Testing
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 12 – August 29, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Managing point-of-care testing (POCT) at a multi-hospital health system like Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) often means overseeing thousands of nurses and staff members who perform such tests. Lessons learned at JHM in standardizing POCT, training staff, and maintaining q…
2021 Rankings of the World’s Top 12 IVD Companies
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 12 – August 29, 2022 Issue
WHILE THERE WAS SOME JOCKEYING FOR NEW positions, in vitro diagnostics (IVD) manufacturers remain entrenched in their market based on The Dark Report’s 2021 ranking of the Top 12 IVD Companies. COVID-1…
Atrium, Advocate Aurora Merge into $27b System
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 8 – June 6, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Integrated delivery networks continue to consolidate in the U.S., with the latest example being the merger of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. The deal forms a 67-hospital system across two distinct geographic areas in the Southeast and upper Midwest. IDN mergers raise the…
Lab Vendors Adjusting to Changing Sales Practices
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 8 – June 6, 2022 Issue
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Innovation Showcased at Executive War College
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 7 – May 16, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: This year’s Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management proved to be a high-energy event. A record 900 attendees showed up and responded enthusiastically to visions and predictions of a post-COVID-19 healthcare system that hungers for large volumes of…
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Volume XXXII, No. 6 – April 21, 2025
Now that a federal judge has vacated the FDA’s LDT rule, The Dark Report analyzes the judgement and notes the various steps the FDA could take in response. Also, lab testing at pharmacies is proving to be less successful than was once anticipated.
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