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‘Lab Workforce Crisis Takes Top Spot’–CAP Today
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 6 – April 25, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Just weeks ago, CAP Today characterized the current crisis in staffing clinical laboratories as going “from simmer to rolling boil.” Demand for medical technologists and other certified laboratory scientists far exceeds the supply. Consequently, many labs now…
Judge Vacates Provision in No Surprises Act
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 5 – April 4, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It …
April 4, 2022, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 5 – April 4, 2022 Issue
On March 22, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced that its COVID-19 Uninsured Program had stopped accepting claims for related laboratory testing due to lack of sufficient funds. This development potentially affects 8.6% of the nation’s population which does…
UnitedHealth’s Lab Test Registry Implementation Delayed Again
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 14 – October 18, 2021 Issue
ANOTHER DELAY WAS ANNOUNCED FOR IMPLEMENTATION of UnitedHealthcare’s Laboratory Test Registry Protocol, which requires clinical laboratories to register each of their tests with the health insurer. This latest delay likely is the result of operational issues on behalf of the managed care com…
Insurers Get Aggressive with Years-Old Audits, Searching for Lab Overpayments
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 11 – August 16, 2021 Issue
This is an excerpt of a 1,971-word article in the July 26, 2021 issue of THE DARK REPORT (TDR). The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: Not only are health insurers looking back to find lab overpayments and funds paid erroneously, but…
Insurers Get Aggressive with Years-Old Audits
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 11 – August 16, 2021 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Not only are health insurers looking back to find overpayments and funds paid erroneously, but payers also are requiring documentation for overpayments. If clinical labs and anatomic pathology groups do not appeal such claims quickly, they may be liable for any amount i…
Lab Briefs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 6 – May 3, 2021 Issue
Lighthouse Lab Services Acquires Vachette Pathology Last month, it was announced that Lighthouse Lab Services of Charlotte, N.C., had acquired Vachette Pathology of Sylvania, Ohio. Price and terms of the acquisition were not d…
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Volume XXIX, No. 8 – June 6, 2022
More changes are coming for the clinical lab industry, including the Department of Justice’s move to hold individuals accountable for lab fraud, even after company settlements have been reached. Also, integrated delivery networks are forming new mergers to create ever-larger business entities, all of which has implications for labs.
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