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Ransomware Attacks Target Vulnerable Healthcare Providers

This is an excerpt of a 1,923-word article in the May 24, 2021 issue of Ā THE DARK REPORT (TDR). The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: Both malware and ransomware have been around for a number of years. But the attacks launched today …

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Ransomware Attackers Target Health Providers

CEO SUMMARY: Both malware and ransomware have been around for a number of years. But the attacks launched today against healthcare providers are more sophisticated and better at achieving the total shutdown of targeted hospitals, doctor groups, and clinical laboratories. For this re…

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Preparing Your Lab for Post-Pandemic Success

MOST OF US WOULD CONSIDER IT GOOD NEWS that the number of Americans vaccinated continues to grow even as the daily number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths has fallen since its peak last winter.Ā  Data from USAFacts.com, a website developed by teams…

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UnitedHealthCareā€™s New Policy Further Narrows Its Lab Network

UNITEDHEALTHCARE’S (UHC) RECENT MOVEĀ to designate certain clinical and anatomic pathology laboratories as Designated Diagnostic ProvidersĀ appears to be yet one more way that the insurer is narrowing its network. Effective July 1, 2021, and subject to st…

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Federal Judge Rules Against ACLA in Its PAMA Lawsuit

CEO SUMMARY: Now that a federal judge has ruled that the American Clinical Laboratory Associationā€™s lawsuit is moot and dismissed the case, it is unclear what next steps are open to ACLA and the clinical laboratory industry in their challenge to how the federal Centers for Medicar…

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Hospitals Say New UHC Policy on Lab Network Is Anticompetitive

IT’S NOT OFTEN THAT HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONS WILL DIRECTLY OPPOSEĀ the changes that health insurers want to make in how they pay for clinical laboratory tests. But that is now happening with UnitedHealthcareā€™s new lab test payment policy that directly reduces what many hospital labs are paid fo…

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COVID-19 or Not, Lab Market Enters ā€˜Twilight Zoneā€™

Our healthcare system is in a most remarkable state. Even as all providersā€”including clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groupsā€”continue to devote considerable resources to meeting the urgent need for SARS-CoV-2 testing, health insurers and regulators continue to issue new requirements g…

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August 24, 2020 Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News

Currently at least 15Ā veterinary laboratoriesĀ in the United States performĀ COVID-19 tests. ThisĀ fact was confirmed by Adm.Ā Brett Giroir, MD, the AssistantĀ Secretary of the DepartmentĀ of Health and HumanĀ Services (HHS), during anĀ interview last month conductedĀ by CNN. Officials atĀ HHS confi…

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Amazon Targets COVID-19 Testing in its New Lab-Building Venture

This is an excerpt of a 1,980-word article in the August 3, 2020 issue of THE DARK REPORT (TDR). The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: For pathologists and clinical lab directors,Ā Amazonā€™s nascent COVID-19 t…

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Amazon Building Labs to Do COVID-19 Testing

CEO SUMMARY: For pathologists and clinical lab directors,Ā Amazonā€™s nascent lab-testing venture for employees could be aĀ significant concern given that the e-commerce company couldĀ disrupt the clinical lab business nationwide. The online retailĀ giant has long had an interest in medic…

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