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Economic, Tech Changes Drive Lab Concerns
CEO SUMMARY: Uncertainty around tariffs, future regulations, and artificial intelligence (AI) defined the mood at the 2025 Executive War College, where nearly 1,000 lab leaders gathered. Speakers warned of how stagnant healthcare spending could trickle down to labs. Meanwh…
Clinical Lab Test Jargon Could Spur Mistrust among Patients
LITTLE DETAILS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE in not only how customers view a clinical laboratory, but also in ensur…
The Dark Report Acquired by LabX Media Group
CEO SUMMARY: One of the clinical laboratory industry’s longest-running sources of business intelligence, market trends, and management developments has a new owner. LabX Media Group completed its purchase of The Dark Intelligence Group, Inc. (TDIG) on Feb. 28, 2025. This transaction pav…
Iowa Nursing Homes Lose Phlebotomy Service Twice
CEO SUMMARY: It may be without precedent in the clinical lab industry that a laid-off lab manager launches a nonprofit mobile phlebotomy service in order to continue services to homebound patients, nursing homes, and long-term care facilities. The events in the Quad Cities of Moline, Ill….
Cautious Optimism Seen At Dark Report’s Executive War College
This is an excerpt from an 850-word article in the May 15, 2017, issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete article is available for a limited time to all readers, and available at all times to paid members of the Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: There…
Top 10 Lab Stories of 2017 Dominated by Part B Cuts
CEO SUMMARY: In hindsight, 2017 is likely to be remembered as a milestone year that launched several disruptive developments that will reshape the lab industry moving forward. For the clinical laboratory sector this year, CMS confirmed its intent to slash Part B clinical laboratory test price…
Aetna Sues Hospitals over Alleged Lab-Billing Scheme
CEO SUMMARY: In September, Aetna filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania accusing 14 defendants—including a hospital, a hospital management company, eight lab companies or lab management companies, two physicians, and two individuals—of defrauding Aetna, its client employers, and its members….
Misinterpreted Gene Test Shows Lab Got it Right
CEO SUMMARY: It’s almost a case of man bites dog. In malpractice cases involving genetic test results, labs are often assumed to be at fault. But in a lawsuit filed in Oregon, healthcare providers are alleged to have misinterpreted a genetic test. As a consequence, a patient underwent m…
Attention All Lab Professionals: It’s Time to Act!
AT THIS MOMENT, THE ENTIRE CLINICAL LABORATORY INDUSTRY STANDS on the precipice of the most financially disruptive development in the past three decades. On Jan. 1, the federal Centers for M…
Invitae Investing Heavily To Expand Market Share
CEO SUMMARY: In its first five years of offering clinical tests, Invitae has outspent revenue by $330.7 million. Yet its executives are confident that their company is on a path to becoming one of the dominant players in the genetic testing sector. This profile of Invitae will help pathol…
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