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Pathologist Paul A. Brown, MD, MetPath Founder, Dies at 85
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 5 – April 8, 2024 Issue
EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE PATHOLOGY PROFESSION LOST one of what some call “the two Lions of Pathology.” On January 24, 2024, Paul A. Brown, MD, aged 85, died at his home in Palm Beach, Florida. In 1967, Brown was the founder of Metropolitan Pathology Laboratory, Inc., based in Ne…
Labcorp, Quest Diagnostics Discuss Q4 & 2023 Earnings
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 4 – March 18, 2024 Issue
DURING RECENT EARNINGS CALLS WITH FINANCIAL ANALYSTS AND INVESTORS, both Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics discussed their fourth quarter (Q4) and full year 2023 financial results. Each reported some stability in the market for clinical laboratory testing services, reflected in the numbe…
Is There Evidence That Some Doctors Wish to Use Local Labs?
By Virchow | From the Volume XXXI, No. 3 – February 26, 2024 Issue
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Lab News Briefs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 3 – February 26, 2024 Issue
New York Times Reviews DNA Testing Kits for Its Readers It’s a sign of the times when The New York Times considers it useful to conduct and publish a review of DNA ancestry testing kits to guide readers. AncestryDNA of Lehi, Utah, was picked as “the most eff…
February 26, 2024, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 3 – February 26, 2024 Issue
Following an investment of $1.75 million, officials at University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) opened a new lab facility this month that allows it to double the number of medical laboratory technicians it can train, from eight to 10 to as many as 20. In its coverage of the new training …
Layoffs at Major Health Plans Slow Processing of Lab Claims
By Virchow | From the Volume XXXI, Number 1 – January 16, 2024 Issue
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Violating EKRA Earns Lab Owner an Eight-Year Prison Sentence
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, Number 18 – December 26, 2023 Issue
THIS MAY BE THE MOST HIGH-PROFILE CASE involving a clinical laboratory and the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018 (EKRA). Former Arrayit Corporation president Mark Schena was sentenced in October 2023 to eight years in federal prison and ordered to pay $24 million in resti…
December 4, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
You may have thought that the long-running saga of the now-defunct Theranos had ended. But no, there is continuing litigation in the Grand Canyon State. A class action suit—In re Arizona Theranos, Inc., Litigation, Case No. 2:16-cv-2138—continues to move forward in …
Q3 2023 Financial Reports Show Growth at Labcorp, Quest
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, Number 16 – November 13, 2023 Issue
Blood brothers Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics showed momentum beyond COVID-19 testing and toward areas that grew base business revenue in their third quarter (Q3) 2023 financial reporting. Company leaders called attention to more partnerships and acquisitions of ho…
Clinisys CEO Discusses Strategic Changes Labs Need to Make
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, Number 15 – October 23, 2023 Issue
“Today, we predict that the next storm is about ready to happen, and it will involve clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology practices.” —Michael Simpson CEO SUMMARY: In this exclusive Q&A with The Dark Report, Clinisys CEO Michael Simpson describes the …
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