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LabCorp’s BeaconLBS Aims To Manage Genetic Tests
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XVIII No. 17 – December 19, 2011 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: BeaconLBS is a new business created by Laboratory Corporation of America. It says it wants to help health insurance plans manage molecular diagnostics and genetic testing. BeaconLBS is now recruiting other clinical labs to join its network and is meeting with payers to offer …
Lack of Succession Plan Now Hurts Many Labs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVIII No. 5 – April 11, 2011 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Throughout the past decade, laboratory administrators and pathologists have been reminded about the importance of having a succession plan in their laboratory. Now one veteran lab industry CEO says the lack of a succession plan, unexpected retirements, the d…
Helping Uninsured Access Affordable Lab Tests
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XVIII No. 3 – February 28, 2011 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Here’s an innovative way to help uninsured and underinsured patients gain access to affordably priced laboratory tests. In Akron, Ohio, physicians organized a partnership between the Summit Country Medical Society and PrePaidLab, LLC, to offer laboratory tests at prices tha…
Labs Should Build Payer Relationships to Improve Commodity Pricing
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XV No. 10 – July 28, 2008 Issue
“Health plans are interested in improving outcomes and saving money on complex, expensive cases because that’s where the money is. At the same time, that’s an opportunity for labs to help health plans cut costs while also improving quality. ” —Kerry Kaplan, Presi…
“October 24, 2005 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XII No. 15 – October 24, 2005 Issue
XIFIN, Inc. has been recognized as one of San Diego’s “Technology Fast 50” companies. XIFIN, based in San Diego, provides laboratories and hospital outreach programs with a Web-based software system for managing laboratory accounts receivables and financial operations. To make …
Crime In the Lab Industry: A Poor Track Record
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XII No. 9 – June 20, 2005 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In a remarkable finding, THE DARK REPORT demonstrates how 17.5% of the public laboratory companies in operation since 1990 have had an existing or former CEO indicted for federal crimes! This is a powerful statement about business practices in the laboratory industry and the …
“May 5, 2003 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
By Robert Michel | From the Volume X No. 6 – May 5, 2003 Issue
There are rumors coming from the West Coast that government laboratory regulators are targeting at least one laboratory company for some significant violations. Because allegations of compliance violations by the government can severely damage a lab company’s reputation, there is a tight lid on infor…
Why There’s “Bad Blood” Against National Labs
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume X No. 1 – January 20, 2003 Issue
I AM FREQUENTLY ASKED BY WALL STREET TYPES why there seems to be latent, even deep-seated animosity between a large number of local laboratories and both of the two blood brothers. They wonder why, for example, hospital laboratories aren’t more interested in doing collaborative ventures with either…
Esoterix, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, California Hospitals, Myriad Genetics
By Robert Michel | From the Volume VIII No. 8 – June 11, 2001 Issue
ESOTERIX, INC. LAUNCHES TEST REPORTS VIA WEB BROWSER WEB-ACCESSED LAB TEST REPORTING is now available at Esoterix, Inc., based in Austin, Texas. The accomplishment represents a major milestone for the lab company. It now has a common lab test reporting capability that draws…
Time to Change Bad Medicare Lab Policies
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume VIII No. 6 – April 30, 2001 Issue
BYZANTINE MEDICARE REGULATIONS AND BELTWAY POLITICS are uncommon topics for THE DARK REPORT. There are any number of other sources out there that provide ample details about laboratory compliance, the complexities of billing and coding, and whether Senator Smootly will or won’t vote for reinstating…
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