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Sale to LabCorp to End Most of PAML’s Lab JVs
CEO SUMMARY: It will take several years to understand how the market for lab testing services will change in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, once Laboratory Corporation of America becomes the owner of PAML, based in Spokane, Wash. Price and financial terms of the sale were not disclose…
Value-Based Care Is One Goal Of WHCN-Sonic Lab JV
CEO SUMMARY: Announced last month, the new laboratory joint-venture partnership with Sonic Healthcare’s Sunrise Clinical Laboratories will allow WCHN to compete with other health systems and prepare to respond to health insurers’ requests that hospital systems offer lower rates in val…
Health Insurers Want More Data On Clinical Utility of Molecular, Genetic Tests
CEO SUMMARY: Genetic tests that lack two essentials are troublesome for the nation’s health insurers. Those essentials are clinical validity and clinical utility. During a recent webinar, two executives from major health insurers stressed the need for genetic testing labs to provide acc…
March 13, 2017 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
There’s bad news for clinical labs and pathology groups that lack the capability of collecting copays, deductibles, and out-of-pocket payments from patients at time of service. As of October, 2016, four out of every 10 Americans under the age of 65 with health insurance had a high-deductible health…
Sonic, Western Connecticut Health Network Announce New Laboratory Joint Venture
CEO SUMMARY: To prepare for the transition from fee-for-service to value-based payment, Western Connecticut Health Network, a three-hospital health system, announced a laboratory joint venture with Sonic Healthcare. Benefits will include lower test costs, more competitive prices, and the …
Labs Ask: Does PAMA Statute Prevent Legal Challenges?
SINCE MEDICARE OFFICIALS PUBLISHED the final rule for lab test market price reporting of private payer prices last year, clinical lab industry consultants and lawyers have raised serious criticisms of the rule. The critics recognized that CMS officials wrote a final rule for the Protecting Access to…
PeaceHealth Outreach Laboratory Sells to Quest Diagnostics
This is an excerpt from a 1,471-word article in the February 21, 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…
Clinical Labs Bidding Up Lab Director Salaries
CEO SUMMARY: There’s great news for pathologists and PhDs with expertise in molecular and genetic testing. Salaries are on the rise as more clinical labs build up their molecular and genetic testing programs and need talent to implement and supervise this activity. One experienced medic…
University of Michigan Pathologists Bet on Patient-Centered Care
CEO SUMMARY: At the University of Michigan Medical Center, the Department of Pathology is learning new ways to add value that include face-to-face meetings with patients as part of UMMC’s patient- and family-centered care initiative. One lesson learned is that patients appreciate the op…
February 21, 2017 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
Theranos, Inc., was in the news again recently. On Feb. 16, The Wall Street Journal reported that Theranos had just $200 million in cash. The information came from a conference call the discredited lab testing company conducted with its investors. During the call, Theranos officials …
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