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Michigan’s Ascension labs work together to align with a fully integrated health system
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXV No. 13 – September 10, 2018 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Two trends are driving a movement to standardize laboratory operations across large regions: the integration of clinical care and the need for hospitals and health networks to continuously improve patient outcomes. THE DARK REPORT outlines an ambitious program in Michigan, wh…
Michigan’s Ascension to Standardize Labs Throughout the State
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 13 – September 10, 2018 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Two trends are driving a movement to standardize laboratory operations across large regions: the integration of clinical care and the need for hospitals and health networks to improve patient outcomes continuously. In Michigan, Ascension Health is an example of a lab team wor…
Québec’s Laboratory Consolidation Plan Aims to Save $13.5M
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 11 – July 30, 2018 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In the Province of Québec, an ambitious project is under-way to consolidate the clinical laboratory testing of 123 laboratories into 11 centralized lab clusters. It is one of the largest lab consolidation projects nowhappening in the world. Among the goals of this project is…
Sale of Tox Lab Company Attracted Multiple Buyers
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 4 – March 5, 2018 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In the midst of expanding their toxicology testing services nationally, DrugScan and DSI Medical Services (collectively Toxicology Holdings Inc.) hired a brokerage firm last year to pursue a sale of the two toxicology companies. Multiple potential buyers responded with intere…
PAMA Data Projections Led to Decision to Sell Lab
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 3 – February 21, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Following passage of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, officials at PeaceHealth and PeaceHealth Laboratories began to model the financial effect this law would have on this long-established hospital lab outreach program. Based on projections of a 20% cut in reven…
10% PAMA Fee Cut Would Lower Medicare Pay to Laboratories by $400 Million
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIII No. 15 – November 7, 2016 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Just eight weeks remain before certain clinical laboratories must begin submitting private payer lab test price data to the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. A new report …
LabCorp to Purchase Pathology, Inc. in Calif.
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIII, No. 1 – January 19, 2016 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It is one of those clinical laboratory deals that was announced before the end of 2015. Laboratory Corporation of America said it will acquire most of the operating assets of Pathology Inc., of Torrance, California, and that the acquired lab “will cease operations” upon t…
November 03, 2014 Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No. 15 – November 3, 2014 Issue
In response to the Ebola outbreak, the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency authorization for the use of two rapid tests to detect Ebola. The tests are manufactured by BioFire Defense LLC, a division of BioMerieux. The BioFire Defense Fil…
New Mass Spectrometry Toxicology Test Delivers Clinical Benefits
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXI No. 3 – February 24, 2014 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Researchers at the University of Colorado in Aurora used mass spectrometry technology to create a paradigm-shifting toxicology test. It uses a urine specimen and can identify 112 compounds and more than 500 illicit and brand-name drugs in a single assay. For pain management t…
Theranos Won’t Discuss Disruptive Lab Technology
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XX No. 13 – September 30, 2013 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In a partnership with Walgreens pharmacies, Theranos Inc. announced that it will run clinical lab tests on “micro-samples” and collect these blood samples without venipuncture. Even as Theranos touts the patient-friendly benefits of its proprietary diagnostic technology, …
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