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Florida Issues State RFP For Sole Medicaid Lab
CEO SUMMARY: If competitive bidding for Medicare business is something universally viewed as bad by the laboratory industry, then the lab services RFP issued by Florida’s Medicaid program must be considered a serious threat to the status quo. Further, the fact that Medicaid officials in…
LabCorp Buys MDS Labs In New York and Georgia
CEO SUMMARY: It’s the final chapter of the “Canadian Invasion” of the U.S. laboratory testing market. In the mid-1990s, both MDS and Dynacare built a sizeable presence in the United States as they both worked to develop joint ventures with hospital laboratories. Dynacare was acquire…
Seattle Hospital Lab JVs Involve Quest & LabCorp
CEO SUMMARY: Joint ventures and collaborative business relationships between hospital laboratories and commercial laboratories continue to be a difficult business model. Recent events in Seattle demonstrate the challenges and frustrations of establishing such ventures, then making them su…
“April 5, 2004 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
There’s a new national lab company ready to compete. This week American Esoterix Laboratories, Inc. (AEL) announced it was open and ready for business. Based in Brentwood, Tennessee, it has already completed two lab acquisitions (ThromboCare Laboratories and …
Side-by-Side Comparison: U.S. Lab Versus British Lab
CEO SUMMARY: Do clinical laboratories in any of the world’s most developed countries have a performance advantage that makes them “best of breed?” Recently, a laboratory in the United States and a laboratory in the United Kingdom had the opportunity to evaluate their financial, prod…
LabOne in Cincinnati: Watch Events Unfold
CEO SUMMARY: It’s another example of a commercial laboratory taking over the laboratory assets of a multi-hospital consolidated laboratory. Will LabOne manage these assets and get more growth, more cost savings, and more profit? If this happens, it will mark the third time in r…
2003’s Big Lab Stories Reflect Health Trends
CEO SUMMARY: At a minimum, 2003 proved to be a year of relative stability for the laboratory industry, as demonstrated by THE DARK REPORT’S “Ten Biggest Lab Stories of 2003.” The year was free of industry-wide crises and scan- dals. That allowed most laboratory administrators and pa…
“New” Legal Landmines For Clinical Laboratories
CEO SUMMARY: HIPAA is a big “new” source of legal expo- sure for laboratories and other healthcare providers. Also, recent court decisions and changes in clinical practices are adding to the legal risk for labs. Attorney Richard S. Cooper offers insights on how laboratories can better…
“Free Testing” Strategy Stirs the Pot in Tenn.
CEO SUMMARY: In Tennessee, the state’s Medicaid HMO plan has been at odds with Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, which is using the “free testing” strategy to expand its share of the market. In recent months, TennCare Select has taken active steps to insure its physicians understand tha…
“Waiver of Charges”: What Makes It Work
CEO SUMMARY: Little-used in the 1990s, when laboratory test ordering and billing practices were under intense scrutiny by federal regulators, the strategy of “free testing” is popping up in more regions around the country. To comply with compliance guidelines, labs using this strategy g…
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Volume XXXII, No. 6 – April 21, 2025
Now that a federal judge has vacated the FDA’s LDT rule, The Dark Report analyzes the judgement and notes the various steps the FDA could take in response. Also, lab testing at pharmacies is proving to be less successful than was once anticipated.
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