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Anatomic Path Insourcing Expected to Be Ongoing
CEO SUMMARY: Insourcing of anatomic pathology services by office-based physicians has been especially prevalent and is increasing among three specialties (gastroenterology, urology, and dermatology), according to a survey conducted last month. Survey respondents also indicated that the tr…
Rite Aid Offers Free Tests to Preferred Customers
CEO SUMMARY: National pharmacy chain Rite Aid now offers free clinical laboratory tests to members of its customer-rewards program once they reach certain spending levels. After the customer’s specimen is tested, the laboratory test results are sent directly to the customer’s local Ri…
New Lab Management Resource for Pathologists, Lab Leaders
FOR PATHOLOGISTS AND OTHERS wanting to sharpen their skills in lab management and administration, there is a new resource. Laboratory Administration for Pathologists has just been published by the CAP Press. It has been long-recognized within the pathology profession that u…
November 28, 2011 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Here’s an interesting window on the true uptake of telemedicine and Internet access. In Oklahoma, the cost of this subsidized service was $28 million in 2009. That cost climbed to $52 million in 2010. Of that total, $19 million was the cost of telemedicine. In Oklahoma City, The Oklahoman …
Lab Testing, Pathology Is Fast-Growing in China
CEO SUMMARY: It was record attendance at the major pathology congress which took place in Hangzhou, China, last month. Because of the ongoing growth of China’s economy, the demand for healthcare—and for high-quality clinical lab and pathology testing—is rising at an accelerated pace…
In Massachusetts, AG Targets Drug Testing Labs
CEO SUMMARY: Since taking office in 2007, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has aggressively pursued civil charges against drug testing labs. Last month, Coakley announced a criminal arrest in one ongoing investigation after a grand jury indicted a physician in a kick…
In-Practice Histology Lab Splits Biopsies; ID’s Patient with DNA
In response to continuing requests by clients and readers of THE DARK REPORT, this issue institutes a new feature titled “Lab Fraud Watch.” It will provide information about activities in the medical laboratory testing marketplace which could be interpreted as violatin…
National Group Names Riedel “Whistleblower of the Year”
WHISTLEBLOWING HAS ITS REWARDS. During 2011, one laboratory whistleblower not only harvested tens of millions of dollars in settlement awards, but he was recently honored by a national group for these same efforts. Chris Riedel, President of Hunter Laboratories, Inc., in Campbell, C…
ELINCS Specifications Released in California
CEO SUMMARY: Clinical laboratories and pathology groups have a new tool to use for interfacing their LIS (laboratory information systems) with the electronic health record (EHR) systems of their office-based physician clients. It is ELINCS, an IT standard designed to support elec…
September 6, 2011 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Cleveland Heart Lab closed on a Series B financing round that totals $18.4 million. The money was provided by Excel Venture Management, Healthcare Ventures, and existing investors. Executives at Cleve- land Heart Lab said the new funds will be used t…
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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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