Is the Joint Venture Hospital Lab an Emerging Trend?

By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXV No. 12 – August 20, 2018 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: THE DARK REPORT has uncovered a previously unnoticed trend that turns common wisdom on Wall Street upside down: Hospitals and health systems may be taking back control of their their …

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Do Hospitals Want to Sell or Outsource Their Labs?

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXV No. 12 – August 20, 2018 Issue

This is an excerpt from a 883-word article in the August 20, 2018 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete article and two related articles are available to all readers, with a three-article cap. CEO SUMMARY: Common wisdom on Wall Street is that many hospi…

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Details Emerge About End of 31-Year Lab JV

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 10 – July 17, 2017 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Quest Diagnostics is no longer an equity partner in the CompuNet Clinical Laboratory joint venture, which has operated successfully since its founding in 1986. Typical of other lab JVs and inpatient lab management agreements that the hospital or health system partners do not rene…

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Quest Diagnostics Exits 31-Year-Old CompuNet Lab Venture

By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXIV No. 9 – June 26, 2017 Issue

This is an excerpt from a 1,362-word article in the June 26, 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: For …

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Quest Diagnostics Exits 31-Year-Old Lab Venture

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 9 – June 26, 2017 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: News that Quest Diagnostics had exited the long-running CompuNet Clinical Laboratory joint venture in Dayton, Ohio, caught many observers by surprise. The only clues as to possible problems and the motivation of Premier Health, the 51% owner, to buy out Quest’s ownership sh…

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More Hospitals Consider Options for Their Labs

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 6 – April 24, 2017 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Is it a new sign of the times? After decades of reluctance to sell their lab outreach businesses or enter into inpatient lab management agreements with commercial lab companies, a surprising number of hospitals and health systems are taking that step. Since the first of the y…

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Quest Makes Second Deal For Inpatient Lab Volume

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIII No. 8 – June 13, 2016 Issue

NEWS OF A HOSPITAL INPATIENT LAB MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT between HealthONE of Denver and Quest Diagnostics Incorporated marks the second time in six months that the public lab company has earned an inpatient lab management pact with a multi-hospital health system. Ther…

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Louisiana Pathologists ‘Moonlight’ as Consultants

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XIX No. 15 – October 29, 2012 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Few independent pathology groups have developed robust laboratory consulting businesses. But adopting that strategy has brought important benefits to Delta Pathology Group, LLC, of Shreveport, Louisiana. Not only has providing lab consulting services to cash-strapped hospital…

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March 16, 2009 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVI No. 4 – March 16, 2009 Issue

In the United Kingdom, there is an interesting development regarding anatomic pathology and clinical laboratory services. The trust which operates the famous 986-bed Guy’s Hospital and 957-bed St. Thomas’ Hospital has entered a joint venture with Serco Gr…

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How PAML Built a Major Business In Lab Joint Ventures with Hospitals

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIV No. 17 – December 10, 2007 Issue

 “A well-structured laboratory joint venture helps the hospital partner tap the unrealized value of its laboratory, because the independent lab partner provides capital, along with experience, and expertise to s…

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