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PAML Joint Venture News from The Dark Report Intelligence
November 2, 2007 PAML and HCA Agree to Start New Lab Joint Venture in Utah …
UnitedHealthcare Comments on Labs’ Use of “Fee Waivers”
PATHOLOGISTS AND LAB SCIENTISTS are familiar with the well-known scientific principle that, “for every action, there is a reaction.” This principle also holds true for the managed care contracting practices of the two national laboratory companies. One action that is the subject of this story is…
State of Clinical Lab Industry Likely to Be Mixed in 2016
CEO SUMMARY: Over the next 24 months, it will be essential for every clinical laboratory and anatomic pathology group to develop clinical and financial strategies that meet the changing needs of health insurers, hospitals and health systems, physicians, and patients. THE DARK REPORT provi…
Opportunities Ahead for Labs That Prepare
AT THE END OF EVERY YEAR, IT’S ALWAYS SMART BUSINESS FOR EVERY LAB to peer into the future specifically to identify the best clinical and financial opportunities. With the New Year just a few week…
Coming Next Year for Labs: PAMA, FDA, LDTs, and More
CEO SUMMARY: As 2016 approaches, nearly every lab organization is watching and waiting to learn how federal regulators at CMS and the FDA will move forward with plans to implement PAMA market reporting and regulation of laboratory-developed tests, respectively. Most knowledgeable observer…
Toxicology Lab Millennium Pays $256M to DOJ, Files For Bankruptcy
IN ANOTHER MAJOR LAB FRAUD CASE, toxicology lab company Millennium Health will pay $256 million to settle allegations in a whistleblower lawsuit that it overbilled federal healthcare programs for unnecessary lab testing. Just 22 days after this agreement, Millennium Health filed a pe…
Might Lawsuits Come Next in Theranos Story?
CEO SUMMARY: Recent disclosures in the news indicate that an agreement between Theranos and Safeway has gone sour— after Safeway spent a third of a billion dollars to fulfill its part of the collaboration! Reporting by The Wall Street Journal c…
DAT: Should Patients Have Access to All Laboratory Tests?
CEO SUMMARY: Arizona’s new direct access testing law allows consumers and patients to have access to all laboratory tests without a physicians’ order. But one lab company decided not to offer all lab tests to consumers. Instead, executives at Sonora Quest Laboratories recognize that, …
New Company Targets Lab Benefit Management
CEO SUMMARY: Soon, the nation’s newest laboratory benefit management company will begin working for Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina. Avalon Healthcare Solutions committed to BCBSSC that it can save money off what the health plan has been spending on clinical lab testing. It wil…
Will 2016 Bring Opportunity or Tribulations for Labs?
WE ARE JUST ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS FROM THE ADVENT OF 2016. Given the rapid transformation of healthcare that continues to unfold, it is timely to assess how clinical labs and pathology groups are likely to fare during the coming year. On the plus side, the ongoing evolution toward integration of clinica…
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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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