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August 20, 2018 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXV No. 12 – August 20, 2018 Issue
There is a new sector in the clinical laboratory industry. It is called “global direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic health testing” by Kalorama Information, a market research firm based in Rockville, Md. In a recent report, Kalorama says this sector is comprised of the direct-to-co…
More Primary Care Docs Will Offer Genetic Tests
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXV No. 10 – July 9, 2018 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: This summer, both Geisinger Health and Sanford Health will introduce genetic tests designed specifically for use by primary care physicians in their daily practice. This is a significant milestone on the road to wider deployment of precision medicine services. In the case of …
Coming Soon to a Doctor’s Office Near You!
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXV No. 10 – July 9, 2018 Issue
IT’S TIME FOR ALL CLINICAL LABS AND ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY GROUPS to pay closer attention to the advances in genetic medicine and precision medicine. Events are moving even faster than most experts have predicted. As you will read on pages 3-4, two innovative health networks are on the verge of offeri…
Myriad to Buy Counsyl, to Gain Presence in NIPS Test Sector
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 9 – June 18, 2018 Issue
LATE LAST MONTH, Myriad Genetics Inc. announced a definitive agreement to acquire Counsyl, Inc., an innovative genetic testing company in South San Francisco, Calif., for $375 million. In a deal that is expected to close by early next year, Myriad will use a combinat…
Cleveland Clinic Lab dramatically reduces doctors ordering unnecessary tests
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXV No. 7 – May 7, 2018 Issue
This is an excerpt from a 2,920-word article in the May 7, 2018 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. …
Cleveland Clinic Lab Has Multi-year Test Utilization Success
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 7 – May 7, 2018 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Over the 24 months of a first-generation round of laboratory test utilization management projects, the Cleveland Clinic laboratories prevented more than 30,000 duplicate or inappropriate test orders, saving almost $2.7 million. Now implementing a second-generation of labtest …
What Are Lab Industry’s True Major Issues?
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXV No. 7 – May 7, 2018 Issue
WE’VE JUST FINISHED A FASCINATING WEEK IN NEW ORLEANS, at the 23rd annual Executive War College. More than 820 lab leaders were present to hear 104 interesting speakers in 65 unique sessions. Collectively, this group represented as much as $20 billion in annual clinical lab and pathology r…
Why Pharma, Private Equity Want to Reshape Lab Industry
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 5 – March 26, 2018 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: A disruptive force that involves precision medicine, pharmaceutical companies, and venture capital investors is poised to reshape the clinical laboratory industry. Genetic knowledge makes it possible to match cancer drugs to specific mutations. Pharma companies and professio…
Strategies to Offset Medicare Cuts to Be Shared at Exec. War College
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXV No. 3 – February 12, 2018 Issue
DEEP PRICE CUTS to the Medicare Part B Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule was the big story of 2017. The big story of 2018 may be the widespread financial disruption to the clinical lab industry as labs see dramatic declines in their revenue from these Medicare fee cuts. One early opportunity for lab …
Allegations in UHC health insurance fraud case involve multiple defendants
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXV No. 2 – January 22, 2018 Issue
This is an excerpt from a 5,000-word article in the January 22, 2018, 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. …
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