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Top Stories in 2025 Played Out in Courts, Capitol Hill
CEO SUMMARY: The biggest story of the year for clinical laboratories came in a huge court victory, as a federal judge vacated the FDA’s final rule on laboratory developed tests. Labs breathed a sigh of relief after the court decision, as the FDA rule had promised to incr…
December 8, 2025, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
For the next 46 months, a Georgia fraudster will stay behind bars after pleading guilty to charges he violated the Anti-Kickback Statute by arranging for medically unnecessary genetic tests. A judge sentenced Patrick C. Moore, Jr. on Dec. 2. Moore was also ordered to pay $7.2 million in…
After Regaining Outreach, Lab Grows it by $10M
CEO SUMMARY: In this case study, Kootenai Health in Idaho explains how taking back lab outreach services from a commercial lab company can improve physician satisfaction, enhance patient care, and increase revenue. Although the transition was bumpy, within two years of bri…
June 2, 2025, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
Our sibling publication, G2 Intelligence, reported in May about a new Department of Justice (DOJ) memorandum that indicated prosecutors will seek to exercise fairness when deciding how to pursue fraud cases against clinical laboratories and other organizations. The DOJ emphasiz…
May 12, 2025, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
Yet another clinical laboratory has sold off part of its services to a national commercial lab. Labcorp announced on April 21 that it had finalized its acquisition of North Mississippi Health Services’ (NMHS) ambulatory outreach laboratory business. A…
Mayo Clinic’s Ambitious Digital Pathology Initiative
CEO SUMMARY: It’s the latest example of an academic medical center moving to develop its own digital pathology solutions. This collaboration involves Mayo Clinic, Nvidia, and Aignostics. The three will work together to use digital pathology images and patient data from Mayo Clinic and C…
Owens & Minor Sues Anthem BCBS of Virginia
CEO SUMMARY: For years, clinical laboratories and pathology groups have expressed frustration with the lack of transparency by health plans in how they handle claims, set prices, and establish coverage guidelines. Now, because of recent federal laws and rules concerning health data transp…
October 14, 2024, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
Babson Diagnostics of Austin, Texas, received a “strategic investment” from Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD). The amount of the investment was not disclosed. In the past year, Babson launched an innovative lab testing service with retail pharmacies in Austin an…
Hospital Lab Outreach: Still a Valuable Asset!
CEO SUMMARY: Hospital lab administrators everywhere are watching press releases announcing the latest agreement of a major health system selling its laboratory outreach business to one of the billion-dollar lab corporations. The pace of these sales is accelerating. These deals confirm the…
Clarapath Raises $36 Million for Automated Histology Solution
AS THE HISTOLOGY WORKFORCE STRUGGLES TO KEEP UP WITH RISING CASE DEMAND, Clarapath—a Hawt…
CURRENT ISSUE
Volume XXXII, No. 18 – December 29, 2025
The Dark Report reviews its top 10 stories from 2025, from the vacating of the FDA’s LDT rule to the merger of Waters and Becton Dickinson’s biosciences and diagnostics units. Also, a lab outlines its solution to a shortage of histotechnologists, and another story shows how pathologists can become patients’ partners.
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