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NY Labs Achieve Repeal Of Onerous Surcharge
CEO SUMMARY: Clinical laboratories in the state of New York demonstrated that the lab industry can effectively influence legislation when the state legislature finally repealed the onerous laboratory test surcharge first enacted in 1997. Lab industry leaders should apply the lessons learn…
“May 17, 1999 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Maybe the clinical laboratory industry is finally getting its political act together. Last issue of THE DARK REPORT, we noted that the New York State Clinical Laboratory Association (NYSCLA) is working to get the New York Department of Health to issue an opinion as t…
Legislators May Repeal NY Lab Surcharge Tax
CEO SUMMARY: After two years of concerted effort, laboratories in New York are optimistic that state legislators will finally repeal an 8.18% surcharge tax on clinical laboratory tests. The significant insight behind this story is how laboratories educated patients about the surcharge. Th…
Lab Contracts Priced Below Cost May be Defined as Inducement
PROBABLY THE MOST SERIOUS problem in the lab industry is one of its own making. “Below cost” contracting is a practice where clinical laboratories offer the managed care company a price which is less than its cost to provide the testing. With laboratory overcapacity still abundant in many cities…
“May 4, 1998 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Sales and marketing of laboratory services to physician offices is still feasible and cost-effective… if the effort is professionally managed and supported. Recently THE DARK REPORT was invited to speak at the national sales meeting of a public laboratory. Awards for 1997 sales production demonstra…
Legislators May Repeal New York Lab Surcharge
CEO SUMMARY: On January 1, New York State began to tax lab tests performed by free-standing laboratories with an 8.18% surcharge. The New York State Clinical Laboratory Association took its message directly to the public. Laboratories in New York State created enough consumer protest that…
3 Blood Brothers Differ On Surcharge Strategies
CEO SUMMARY: United we stand, divided we fall. On the issue of laboratory test surcharge repeal in New York, the three national labs took independent positions. Was the clinical industry served by this lack of unanimity? More importantly, do the actions of two of these national laboratori…
Proposed Monthly Test Limit Defeated By United Lab Action
PROPOSALS TO CAP laboratory tests at no more than six per month for MediCal patients in California alarmed clinical laboratories throughout the state. The California Clinical Laboratory Association (CCLA) took immediate steps to counter the proposals. “This was a budget issue init…
Florida Medicare Carrier Raises Kickback Issues
CEO SUMMARY: When Florida’s Medicare carrier published a notice which defined certain pathology practices to be possible violations of anti-kickback laws, it created uncertainty for labs. DIANON took immediate steps to insure compliance while seeking clarification from regulators on thi…
SmithKline Announces $325 Million Settlement
CEO SUMMARY: Prosecutors continue to investigate. Criminal charges could be forthcoming against the company and individuals. Allegations against SmithKline expand the scope of laboratory practices that government regulators consider to be violations of existing statutes. De…
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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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