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Pathology Compensation in Different Settings, including Hospitals
CEO SUMMARY: This second installment on the series about boosting pathologist compensation uses data collected during a survey of 1,400 pathologists in 230 pathology practices by the Panel of National Pathology Leaders (PNPL). Two experienced pathology consultants identify the most effect…
Top 10 Lab Stories for 2024 Reflect Important Trends
CEO SUMMARY: Most clinical laboratory managers will agree that the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final rule to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs) is the biggest lab industry story for 2024. Every laboratory performing LDTs must now devote money and time to comply with the…
Pathologist Frederick Kiechle, MD, Molecular Pioneer, Dies at 78
Clinical pathology lost one of its greatest practitioners when pathologist Frederick L. Kiechle, MD, PhD, FCAP, of Cooper City, Fla., died on July 30, 2024, at the age of 78. …
Change Healthcare Cyberattack Involved 100 Million Americans
AFTER EXPERIENCING WHAT MANY CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS consider to be one of the largest, most disruptive ransomware attacks ev…
Allina Doctors Express Concerns after Quest Acquires Lab Outreach
IN RECENT YEARS, QUEST DIAGNOSTICS AND LABCORP, the two behemoths of the U.S. clinical laboratory market, have been aggressively acquiring lab businesses from health systems across the country. They say that patients and providers will benefit from lower costs and be…
Lab Innovators in Europe Have Solutions for USA
CEO SUMMARY: Rapid advances in a wide range of technologies over the past 15 years are enabling entrepreneurs to create transformative products for use by clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups. The Dark Report recently toured Europe to visit several such innovative companies…
Why Many Pathologists Are Cautious about Digital Path
CEO SUMMARY: In many major academic centers and the nation’s largest regional pathology supergroups, use of whole slide images and digital pathology workflow are accepted and established. This is often because of benefits unsupported by a pure return on investment. The clinical gains ou…
Watch Out Pathologists! They’re Coming for Histology!
For any lab that depends on revenue from its histology labo…
Invitae’s Troubled Journey: Rise, Fall, and Bankruptcy
ON MAY 7, THE REMNANTS OF GENETIC TESTING GIANT INVITAE (NYSE: NVTA) were scooped up by …
Clarapath Automates Slide Prep, Microtomy Workflow
>>CEO SUMMARY: Histology is one area of laboratory medicine that utilizes a mostly manual work flow. However, pathology labs will soon have a novel solution designed to automate many of the steps in microtomy that produce glass slides. Reduced variability in the finished glass s…
CURRENT ISSUE
Volume XXXII, No. 1 – January 6, 2025
The Dark Report examines how AI is being used to predict the outcomes of FDA LDT lawsuits. Also, this issue is Part Two of a series about boosting pathology compensation in different settings, including hospitals. Two experienced pathology consultants identify the most effective approaches when negotiating Part A pathology agreements with hospitals and health systems, along with how to use data to bolster these negotiations.
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