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Québec’s Laboratory Consolidation Plan Aims to Save $13.5M
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 11 – July 30, 2018 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In the Province of Québec, an ambitious project is under-way to consolidate the clinical laboratory testing of 123 laboratories into 11 centralized lab clusters. It is one of the largest lab consolidation projects nowhappening in the world. Among the goals of this project is…
Hospital Lab Outreach Still Effective Revenue Strategy
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 9 – June 18, 2018 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Despite the challenges hospital and health system laboratory outreach programs face today, there are many ways they can remain viable, according to an outreach expert from Mayo Medical Laboratories. By taking specific steps to increase volume and the value they provide, lab o…
Key Lab Trends Described At Executive War College
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 7 – May 7, 2018 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Innovative clinical labs and pathology groups are absorbing this year’s Medicare Part B price cuts while continuing to pursue opportunities to add value. A common theme from many speakers at last week’s Executive War College in New Orleans is that the lab must get mastery…
A coming transformation: Control over important diagnostic technologies is about to change hands
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXV No. 5 – March 26, 2018 Issue
This is an excerpt from a 2,920-word article in the March 26, 2018, 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: He…
March 26, 2018 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXV No. 5 – March 26, 2018 Issue
On March 6, one of the lab industry’s long-serving executives and consultants, Jack Mattice, PhD, of Vancouver, Wash., died from flu complications. He was 77 years old. Mattice earned a PhD in medical microbiology from University of Oregon. Within a few years, he was handling mark…
Why Pharma, Private Equity Want to Reshape Lab Industry
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 5 – March 26, 2018 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: A disruptive force that involves precision medicine, pharmaceutical companies, and venture capital investors is poised to reshape the clinical laboratory industry. Genetic knowledge makes it possible to match cancer drugs to specific mutations. Pharma companies and professio…
Allegations in UHC health insurance fraud case involve multiple defendants
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXV No. 2 – January 22, 2018 Issue
This is an excerpt from a 5,000-word article in the January 22, 2018, 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. …
Allegations of Lab Test Fraud Involve Multiple Defendants
By Pamela Scherer McLeod | From the Volume XXV No. 2 – January 22, 2018 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: UnitedHealth made national news when it filed a $100 million lawsuit against Next Health and other defendants in Dallas in January 2017. The insurer alleged fraud involving clinical laboratory tests. That lawsuit is just the latest chapter in an almost decade-long string of …
Top 10 Lab Stories of 2017 Dominated by Part B Cuts
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 17 – December 11, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In hindsight, 2017 is likely to be remembered as a milestone year that launched several disruptive developments that will reshape the lab industry moving forward. For the clinical laboratory sector this year, CMS confirmed its intent to slash Part B clinical laboratory test price…
October 30, 2017 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXIV No. 15 – October 30, 2017 Issue
In a development that has implications for medical laboratories in developed nations, healthcare organizations in Africa have launched a “landmark electronic referral project” to digitally track workers who travel to South Africa to work in the mining industry. The project is being administered …
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