This is an excerpt from a 1,237-word article in the Oct. 8, 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: In what may be a first for the clinical lab industry,
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Lab Associations Comment on CMS Actions, Lab Fees
By Robert Michel, from the Volume XXIV, No. 14 – October 9, 2017 issue
FOR THE LAB INDUSTRY, THE FEE CUTS proposed in the 2018 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule would be even more aggressive than what the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had earlier predicted for Medicare Part B.
In the days following the Sept. 22 publication of the proposed fee schedule, major lab industry associations issued statements
XIFIN CEO White Analyzes Medicare 2018 Fee Cuts
By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XXIV, No. 14 – October 9, 2017 issue
CEO SUMMARY: If the draft lab rates that CMS published Sept. 22 for the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule for 2018 go into effect Jan. 1 as proposed, then clinical labs will see a cut of 28% in what they get paid for the top 20 most common tests, according to a recent analysis. The rates
For Top 20 Tests, CMS to Cut Payment by 28% in 2018-2020
By Robert Michel, from the Volume XXIV, No. 14 – October 9, 2017 issue
ON SEPT. 22, MEDICARE OFFICIALS RELEASED THE DRAFT PRICES for the 2018 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule. The bad news for the lab industry is that the fee cuts are deeper than the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had predicted earlier.
The price cuts to clinical laboratory test fees will total $670 million in 2018.
AMA, AHA Join Labs to Request Delay, Fix
By Robert Michel, from the Volume XXIV, No. 14 – October 9, 2017 issue
CEO SUMMARY: In what may be a first for the clinical lab industry, the American Medical Association and the American Hospital Association joined with 20 other healthcare associations to ask CMS Administrator Seema Verma to address the problems with the CMS proposal involving Medicare Part B fees. Specifically, the associations asked Verma to delay implementing
Attention All Lab Professionals: It’s Time to Act!
By R. Lewis Dark, from the Volume XXIV, No. 14 – October 9, 2017 issue
AT THIS MOMENT, THE ENTIRE CLINICAL LABORATORY INDUSTRY STANDS on the precipice of the most financially disruptive development in the past three decades. On Jan. 1, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will implement deep cuts to the Medicare Part B Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule.
There is additional unwelcome news. CMS now says that,
Proove Biosciences, Medicus Face Serious Fraud Charges
This is an excerpt from a 1,400-word article in the Sept. 18, 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: Is this a sign that the rampant fraud and abuse in
September 18, 2017 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel, from the Volume XXIV, No. 13 – September 18, 2017 issue
Last week, 23andMe raised $250 million in a financing round led by Sequoia Capital. The company has an estimated value of $1.75 billion and has attracted $491 million in capital since its founding. In 2015, 23andMe formed a therapeutics division. This business unit is partnering with several major players in the pharmaceutical industry to use
NYU Langone and Sonic Healthcare Create Laboratory Outreach Joint Venture
By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XXIV, No. 13 – September 18, 2017 issue
CEO SUMMARY: NYU Langone Health recognized the clinical and financial advantages of providing competitive lab outreach testing services to its employed physicians. The laboratory joint venture with Sonic Healthcare USA will allow NYU Langone to increase use of its hospital labs and will facilitate standardizing its testing methods, results, and reference ranges. The first phase
Drug Testing Labs in Texas, California Deal With Fraud Charges
By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XXIV, No. 13 – September 18, 2017 issue
CEO SUMMARY: Two toxicology lab companies accused of fraud are fighting to stay in business. In the case of Medicus Laboratories of Dallas, it is asking a federal judge to issue a temporary restraining order to prevent state and federal lab regulators from pulling its CLIA license. At Proove Biosciences of Irvine, Calif., following a