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Is Physicians’ Office Testing Evolving Toward an Oligopoly?
CEO SUMMARY: One of the most unpopular industries with consumers is the airline industry. At the national level, it is an oligopoly—dominated by seven carriers. But in many cities, it is a monopoly, with one airline flying 80% of the seats in and out of town. Ongoing consolidation of re…
Quest Pays $1.1 Billion To Acquire Unilab Corp.
CEO SUMMARY: Quest Diagnostics Incorporated is showing its muscle. The dust had hardly settled on its $500 million acquisition of American Medical Laboratories when the lab industry’s behemoth announced that it would pay $1.1 billion to buy Unilab, by far the largest lab testing company…
Michigan Lab Network Wins Major HMO Deal
CEO SUMMARY: By winning the contract for Health Alliance Plan (HAP), Joint Venture Hospital Laboratories (JVHL) captured another major exclusive managed care contract for lab testing services in Southeast Michigan. Its victory demonstrates that local hospital lab outreach programs can com…
Quest & LabCorp Show Gains In Mid-Year Financial Reports
FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2001, improved pricing for lab testing services was the strongest contributor to revenue growth at both Laboratory Corporation of America and Quest Diagnostics Incorporated. One important consequence of this development is that competing …
Analysis of Lab Testing Market Reveals Competitive Shifts
CEO SUMMARY: Even as public lab and anatomic pathology companies enjoy sustained growth in specimen volumes and revenues, fundamental shifts in the basic marketplace have changed the competitive environment. Surprisingly, the most open market segment is anatomic pathology specimens referr…
Connecticut Hospital Labs Win HMO Test Contracts
CEO SUMMARY: Connecticut Hospital Laboratory Network, LLC was formed in 1996 with the specific goal of winning managed care lab testing contracts. During the past five years it has steadily increased the number of patients covered by such contracts. Along the way, it has learned important…
Lab Owners Selling Stock To Harvest Big Profits
CEO SUMMARY: Three huge stock sales involving the nation’s largest laboratories have been announced in recent weeks. If these stock sales are enthusiastically received by Wall Street investors, independent regional lab owners may benefit because of higher valuations for clinical laborat…
Public Labs Enjoy Boom Times As Revenues & Profits Climb
TAKEN COLLECTIVELY, second quarter earnings reports by public lab and pathology companies send a strong message: the lab industry is in the midst of a revenue and profit boom. It’s been more than a decade since every public lab and pathology company reported strong growth in both revenues and oper…
Business Premises Underlying Lab Industry Dynamics
This chapter addresses the characteristics of the laboratory industry which define the starting point for changes and ongoing evolution. The eight business premises listed in this White Paper describe unique situations which directly influence the ability of clinical laboratories to serve the medical…
Genesis Clinical Laboratory Hits Outreach Home Run
CEO SUMMARY: Commercial laboratory consolidation has left Chicago with only a handful of laboratory providers. New management at MacNeal Hospital’s for-profit laboratory division recognized this opportunity. During the past three years, the outreach program was revitalized and the sales…
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