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Judge Vacates Provision in No Surprises Act
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March 14, 2022 Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
Telehealth proved to be popular with Medicare patients during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The federal U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reported telehealth visits for Medicare beneficiaries increased in 2020 by an incredible 63 times—from approximately 840,000 in 2019 to 52.7 m…
January 10, 2022 Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
Imagine a medical lab temporarily closing because of the demand for too many tests! That’s just what happened at one of Australia’s largest medical lab companies. Australian Clinical Labs had to temporarily discontinue offering COVID-19 testing because test volumes had gotten too large. Au…
2021’s Top 10 Lab Stories Highlight Important Trends
This is an excerpt of a 3,075-word article in the December 20, 2021 issue of THE DARK REPORT (TDR). The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: Much like 2020, the pandemic dominated our new list of the top 10 lab stories for 2021. Beyond…
2021’s Top 10 Lab Stories Confirm Important Trends
CEO SUMMARY: Much like 2020, the pandemic dominated our new list of the top 10 lab industry stories for 2021. Beyond COVID-19 testing, the virus crept its way into long-term trends, such as pathology jobs and technology innovation. New ways of delivering healthcare will need respons…
Florida Laboratory Owner Gets 82-Month Jail Term
CEO SUMMARY: Federal prosecutors are sending a clinical lab owner to federal prison for almost eight years. Hopefully, this is a sign that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is ready to use criminal indictments more frequently against lab owners, lab managers, and lab sales reps who vi…
Federal Rule to Revise Out-of-Network Billing
CEO SUMMARY: Remaining out of network with health insurance companies may boost revenue for providers, including anatomic pathologists and emergency room physicians. But the good times may soon end. Last month four federal agencies issued rules that implement new requirements under …
New Class of IVD Firms Wants to Serve POCT in Near-Patient Settings
CEO SUMMARY: Our second installment in this series describes an emerging new clas…
Comment Period Closing on Federal Surprise Billing Rule
PATHOLOGY GROUPS AND CLINICAL LABS HAD UNTIL SEPTEMBER 7 to comment on an interim final rule that provides federal protections against surprise billing and limits out-of-network (OON) cost sharing under many of the circumstances in which surprise bills arise most frequently….
Insurers Get Aggressive with Years-Old Audits, Searching for Lab Overpayments
This is an excerpt of a 1,971-word article in the July 26, 2021 issue of THE DARK REPORT (TDR). The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: Not only are health insurers looking back to find lab overpayments and funds paid erroneously, but…
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Volume XXIX, No. 10 – July 18, 2022
Theranos COO Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani has been found guilty of 12 counts of conspiracy and wire fraud, and The Dark Report examines his trial and compares it to that of CEO Elizabeth Holmes. Also, there are several important court rulings that will impact the way labs do business, as well as pending federal legislation to consider.
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