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DMetrix, Bio-Reference Labs, US Clinical Labs, Vidalia Laboratory Services
DMETRIX PREPARES TO INTRODUCE CHEAPER PATHOLOGY SCANNER PATHOLOGISTS MAY SOON BE ABLE TO PURCHASE a smaller and less expensive digital scanning system that fits on a microscope. DMetrix, Inc., of Tucson, Arizona, is working to downsize its flagship digital p…
Michigan’s JVHL Partners With AMA to Use LOINC
CEO SUMMARY: Office-based physicians in Michigan can use a program offered by the American Medical Association (AMA) to get assistance in adapting their electronic medical record (EMR) systems to utilize LOINC for lab test ordering and lab test results reporting. This service is …
July 05, 2011 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Two laboratory companies based in Spokane, Washington, were recently recognized in a list of Washington State’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” in 2011. One was Incyte Pathology, Inc., an anatomic pathology group. The other was Pathology Associates Medical Laboratori…
What Future for Deeply-Discounted Lab Prices?
IN THE LABORATORY TESTING INDUSTRY, there is probably no single issue that causes more rancor than the regular use of deeply-discounted pricing of laboratory tests by a certain cohort of laboratory companies. This fault line in our industry is quite distinct. Those managers and pathologists in lab o…
Will Medi-Cal Price Case Bring More Enforcement?
CEO SUMMARY: It was on May 19 that the California Attorney General and Quest Diagnostics Incorporated signed an agreement to settle allegations that Quest Diagnostics overcharged Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program. It is expected that the California Attorney General will no…
Quest Diagnostics Settles Medi-Cal Qui Tam Case
CEO SUMMARY: On May 19, the California Attorney General announced a $241 million agreement with Quest Diagnostics Incorporated that represents the largest settlement in the history of California’s False Claims Act. At issue in this whistle- blower lawsuit were allegations that Qu…
Understanding the Deal With Medi-Cal and Quest
CEO SUMMARY: It is now possible to see the specific language in the “Settlement Agreement and Release” document executed by the California State Attorney General and Quest Diagnostics Incorporated. For those clinical lab managers—and the attorneys who represent their labora…
Medi-Cal Deal Raises Interesting Questions
CEO SUMMARY: From the perspective of the average citizen, it would appear that Quest Diagnostics scored two major “wins” over the California Attorney General in the negotiations as to how the whistleblower lawsuit was to be settled. Language in the settlement agreement would …
What Comes Next in Battle Over Discount Lab Prices?
CEO SUMMARY: Now that the settlement involving Quest Diagnostics Incorporated and the California Attorney General has been announced, attention turns to what comes next with the four remaining defendant lab companies in the whistle-blower lawsuit. There are several different scen…
Labs Learn About ACOs And Medical Homes
IN JUST SEVEN MONTHS, the age of accountable care organizations (ACO) begins. On January 1, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will commence contracting with ACOs. ACOs are one of the major reforms spelled out in the 2,700-page health reform law that President Obama si…
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Volume XXXII, No. 13 – September 15, 2025
The Dark Report examines a new bill that would reform PAMA and avoid reimbursement rate cuts scheduled for January 2026. Clinical laboratory leaders are urged to make their voices heard in Congress. Also, an expert describes how labs can fix pre-analytical errors and avoid disaster.
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