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Mississippi Blue Cross Sues Hospital, Tox Labs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 8 – June 5, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Last month’s lawsuit filed by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi against a small rural hospital in Mississippi and multiple defendant lab companies in Texas is the latest attempt by health insurers to rein the widespread fraud that threatens to overwhelm the pain managem…
31st Physician Pleads Guilty In Federal Lab Fraud Case
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 8 – June 5, 2017 Issue
AN INTERNAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN who practiced in Yonkers, N.Y., is the latest physician to admit to taking bribes in connection with a laboratory test referral scheme that Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, N.J., operated for years. The physician, Ricky J. Sayegh, MD, 44, of …
Message to Labs: Improve Outcomes, Get Paid More Money!
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 8 – June 5, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: By now, there is widespread recognition among pathologists and clinical lab managers that the era of fee-for-service reimbursement is giving way to new forms of payment that reward value. First-mover lab leaders are in the earliest stages of developing enhanced lab testing se…
Lab Acquisitions: LabCorp, Quest, Sonic Do Hospital Lab Deals
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXIV No. 4 – March 13, 2017 Issue
This is an excerpt from a 1,021-word article in the March 13, 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: …
Sale to LabCorp to End Most of PAML’s Lab JVs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 4 – March 13, 2017 Issue
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…
LabCorp, Quest, Sonic Do Hospital Lab Deals
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 4 – March 13, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Is the New Year’s spate of deals involving the sales of hospital lab outreach programs and a new joint venture the first tremors of an impending earthquake of similar transactions? In the first 10 weeks of 2017, Laboratory Corporation of America, Quest Diagnostics, and Soni…
PeaceHealth Outreach Laboratory Sells to Quest Diagnostics
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXIV No. 3 – February 21, 2017 Issue
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…
PeaceHealth Labs Sold To Quest Diagnostics
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 3 – February 21, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In Oregon, one of the nation’s more successful and long-established health system outreach laboratories will cease to exist following its sale to Quest Diagnostics Incorporated. The seller explained that the Medicare Part B price cuts coming as a result of the PAMA market p…
January 30, 2017 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 2 – January 30, 2017 Issue
In New Jersey, a U.S. attorney has put laboratory sales reps on notice that they can be prosecuted for violating federal anti-kickback laws and sent to prison. On January 18, Paul Fishman, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, announced the sentencing of Michael J. Zarrelli, of Berkeley Heights, N.J., forme…
Lab Innovators Advocate Need for Clinical Lab 2.0
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 2 – January 30, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It is generally recognized that the clinical lab industry faces a financial squeeze of unprecedented dimensions. Lab test prices are falling steadily and more major cuts are coming to Medicare Part B fees in just 11 months. At the same time, obtaining favorable coverage and r…
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