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2020’s Top 10 Lab Stories Are Without Precedent!
CEO SUMMARY: There are several surprises in The Dark Report’s list of the Top 10 Lab Stories for 2020. Despite the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic dominating every aspect of clinical care, social…
Why Labs Operate in a ‘Duality’ during Pandemic
HAS IT OCCURRED TO MANY OF YOU THAT YOUR CLINICAL LABORATORIES today must operate in what I will describe as an operational “duality”? On one side, your lab must deal with COVID-19 testing. This is true whether your lab performs molecular SARS-CoV-2…
COVID-19 or Not, Lab Market Enters ‘Twilight Zone’
Our healthcare system is in a most remarkable state. Even as all providers—including clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups—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…
Palmetto GBA Tells Consultant to Take Down Test Price Data
CEO SUMMARY: Lawyers for Medicare contractor Palmetto GBA sent a cease and desist letter in September to a respected lab consultant, telling him to delete from his health policy blog a document containing Medicare genetic test price and coding data. In the letter, Quinn was directed…
Labs, AP Groups Confused about UnitedHealthcare’s Test Registry
CONFUSION CONTINUES among clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups about how they should comply with UnitedHealthcare’s new Laboratory Test Registry Program. The program goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2021, but labs and pathology groups must register all tests and testing procedure…
Will HHS Ruling on COVID-19 LDTs Be Good or Bad for Lab Reimbursement?
This is an excerpt of a 1,028-word article in the September 14, 2020 issue of THE DARK REPORT (TDR). The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. WHILE SOME LABS CELEBRATE THE PERCEIVED FLEXIBILITY that comes from not having to get an …
Understanding COVID-19’s Changes to Lab Industry
CEO SUMMARY: With the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic about to enter its eighth month in the United States, it remains difficult to predict whether the pandemic will strengthen with the fall influenza season or steadily diminish. What is clear to most pathologists and clinical laboratory executiv…
Is HHS Ruling on COVID-19 LDTs Negative for Lab Reimbursement?
WHILE SOME LABS CELEBRATE THE PERCEIVED FLEXIBILITY that comes from not having to get an emergency use authorization (EUA) for COVID-19 laboratory-developed tests (LDTs), there is a potential downside—difficulty getting reimbursed for the test. On Aug. 19, the Department of Health and Human S…
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, Amazon’s nascent COVID-19 t…
UHC Ready to Implement New Lab Test Registry
CEO SUMMARY: UnitedHealthcare announced that its new Test-Registry Protocol will become effective on Jan. 1, 2021, creating a major billing hurdle for labs and pathology groups. By that date, a lab must register each type of test before it can submit claims for these tests to the nati…
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