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Why Many Patients Cannot Pay for Their Lab Tests
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXX, Number 15 – October 23, 2023 Issue
IT IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED THAT GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE PAYERS STEADILY NIBBLE AWAY at what they reimburse clinical laboratories and anatomic pathologists. Lowering the prices paid for tests, excluding labs from networks, and declining to grant coverage for new lab tests are just a few of the tactics use…
Interesting New Surprises for Lab Leaders
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 9 – July 6, 2021 Issue
Unexpected and surprising things continue to happen in the clinical laboratory industry. You might consider that to be one unifying theme to the intelligence briefings we present in this issue of The Dark Report. For example, a…
Benefits Investigation Is Growing Issue for Genetic Testing Labs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 9 – July 6, 2021 Issue
QUIETLY AND WITH LITTLE NEWS COVERAGE, a new complication is challenging clinical laboratories that offer genetic testing. It involves a steady growth in the number of patients who do a “benefits investigation” before allowing their physician to order a genetic test….
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