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OIG Finds 120-Day Delays at Memphis VA Path Lab

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVI No. 12 – September 3, 2019 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Last year, Veterans Administration officials received an anonymous complaint about delays in laboratory specimen processing and results at the Memphis VA Medical Center may have harmed patients and led to a patient death. Following an investigation, the VA’s Office of Inspe…

Dermatologists Say Anthem Cuts Affect Patient Care

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVI No. 11 – August 12, 2019 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Deep cuts in what Anthem pays pathologists for the professional component for certain AP services are having a harmful effect on the long-standing relationships that dermatologists have with dermatopathologists, some physicians say. By disrupting these relationships, Anthem i…

JAMA Study: 17% Fewer Pathologists Since 2007

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVI No. 8 – June 10, 2019 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: The number of pathologists working in the United States declined by 17.53% from 2007 to 2017, according to recent research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. When adjusted for the U.S. population, the researchers said the workforce of pathologists i…

JAMA Study: Pathology field loses almost 18% Since 2007

By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXVI No. 8 – June 10, 2019 Issue

This is a synopsis of two articles in the June 10, 2019 issue of THE DARK REPORT (TDR). The full articles are available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: The number of professionals working in the pathology field in the United States declined by 17.53% from 2007 t…

Several Big Surprises in 2018’s Top 10 Lab Stories

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXV No. 18 – December 24, 2018 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: This year’s list of the Top 10 Lab Industry Stories for 2018 is dominated by new directives from Medicare and private health insurers, as well as significant decisions by federal courts. Collectively, these developments create new compliance risks for all clinical laborator…

Quest, Sonic Issue Statements about Pap Test Issues in Ireland

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXV No. 11 – July 30, 2018 Issue

PROBLEMS WITH CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING IN IRELAND continue to make headlines in the Irish newspapers and roil the Irish health system. Caught up in this story are two billion-dollar lab companies that performed cervical cancer screening under contract to the Irish Health Service. T…

Wake Forest Baptist Lab’s Path Errors Teach Lessons

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 7 – May 7, 2018 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: For medical directors and pathologists interested in improving their labs’ compliance with CLIA regulations, a report from federal and state inspectors of an inspection of the pathology lab at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center offers insights into what issues caught th…

Wake Forest Baptist Hospital Reviewing Path Lab Deficiencies

By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXV No. 6 – April 16, 2018 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: In response to information the staff provided to Wake Forest Baptist Hospital’s risk manager last fall, and following a federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services inspection in February, CMS describes deficiencies found as “an immediate jeopardy to the health and …

NC Hospital Reviewing Path Lab Deficiencies

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXV No. 6 – April 16, 2018 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Discovery of multiple diagnostic errors occurring in an anatomic pathology department triggered a complaint investigation and a 54-page report from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The report shows that Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is reviewing mo…

CMS Report, News Stories Describe Pathology Issues

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 6 – April 16, 2018 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: In response to information the pathology lab staff provided to the hospital’s risk manager last fall, and following a federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services inspection in February, the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is taking corrective action to fix serious…

Volume XXVII No. 8 – June 1, 2020

THE DARK REPORT brings news that the national media has overlooked: Lab revenues, cut precipitously during the coronavirus pandemic, will leave many labs without the resources to continue operation in the near future. As calculated by THE DARK REPORT, the nation’s clinical lab industry had lost $6.8 billion in revenue by week 12 of the crisis. Also reported is that in many cases, the culprit is a frustrating lack of supplies that would allow labs to replace lost routine testing with new COVID-19 testing.

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