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New Trends in 2003 Affect Clinical Lab Services
CEO SUMMARY: Here’s our current list of macro trends that affect clinical laboratories, updated from the last list in January 2000. One bold prediction is that Medicare, as we know it, is on the verge of a major meltdown. Employers and consumers are also new forces to be reckoned with b…
“August 5, 2002 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Malpractice insurance has become a major concern in a growing number of states. Carriers are withdrawing from some markets and premium increases are significant. Pathologists in Florida tell THE DARK REPORT that they are awaiting quotes for next year, but that insurance brokers have told them to expe…
Aetna, AmeriPath, DIANON, IMPATH, JCAHO
AETNA RECOMMENDS PAYERS SUPPORT GENETIC SCREENING TESTS ALL LABORATORIANS SHOULD send a special note of thanks to Aetna Chairman and CEO John W. Rowe, M.D. for his recommendation that the health industry support the concept of genetic testing. He made these recommendations as part of speech…
Provider Performance Ranking Now Hitting Healthcare System
CEO SUMMARY: When 96 big corporations, employing 28 million people and spending $52 billion on healthcare, begin publishing hospital performance measurements so their employees can make informed choices, that’s big news! THE DARK REPORT predicts this is a major step toward detailed meas…
2001’s Ten Big Stories Presage Future Direction
CEO SUMMARY: During 2001, few labs found themselves under intense pressure to change or react to dramatic events in the healthcare marketplace. Like 2000, this past year was marked by evolutionary progress, not revolutionary change. However, continuing signs indicate that consumers will p…
Medical Errors Reporting Will Impact Labs
CERTAINLY HIPAA SEEMS TO BE GETTING LOTS OF ATTENTION by all categories of healthcare providers, including laboratories. But I think the movement to disclose medical errors may eventually prove to be the more serious issue for clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups. Our members and clie…
“July 2, 2001 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Late last week DIANON Systems, Inc. announced it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire UroCor, Inc., based in Oklahoma City. In recent years, the two companies have competed intensely for case referrals from urologists. Valued at $180 million, the deal is expe…
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Volume XXXI, No. 5 – April 8, 2024
The fragmentation of consumer markets is reflected in clinical lab services, and The Dark Report examines this trend and how it will impact labs in the coming years. Also, The Dark Report notes that the FDA has issued a controversial memo to reclassify many high-risk IVD assays.
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