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Years of Biobank Experience Pay Off for Mayo Clinic Lab
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIII No. 8 – June 13, 2016 Issue
THANKS TO 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, an existing infrastructure for banking patient specimens, and the unique capabilities of its clinical laboratory organization, Mayo Clinic has been awarded a five-year, $142 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. Last…
Why Theranos Is a Big Test for CMS and CLIA
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXIII No. 8 – June 13, 2016 Issue
OFFICIALS AT THE FEDERAL CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES are at what may be the most important crossroads in the history of clinical laboratory regulation since Congress passed the CLIA 1988 legislation. Will CMS pursue the severe sanctions it disclosed to Theranos, Inc.,…
May 23, 2016 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIII No. 7 – May 23, 2016 Issue
Patients of Health Diagnostic Laboratories who were tested between 2009 and 2014 are now being dunned by a collection agency! Creditors in the HDL bankruptcy case have engaged a Florida collection agency to go after 9,000 accounts. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, t…
Mayo Medical Laboratories Will Close Massachusetts Lab
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIII No. 5 – April 11, 2016 Issue
IN AN ANNOUNCEMENT MADE LAST MONTH, Mayo Medical Laboratories said that it would close the lab facility it operates in Andover, Massachusetts, by the end of the year. As a result of this move, Mayo will eliminate 105 jobs in this leafy suburb north of Boston. For 20 years, MML…
A Pantheon of Greatest Lab Physician-Businessmen
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXIII No. 4 – March 21, 2016 Issue
WHEN IT COMES TO THE CLINICAL LABORATORY BUSINESS, generally included in the lab industry’s Pantheon of Greatest Physician (Pathologist) Businessmen are Paul A. Brown, MD, and James B. Powell, MD. I’d like to nominate another physician to this list: Marc D. Grodman, MD. During the 1970s and 1980…
Newsmaker Interview: Matthew Hawkins
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIII, No. 2 – February 8, 2016 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: By now, most pathologists and clinical laboratory administrators recognize that effective use of information technology will be a critical success factor as healthcare systems transform to do population health management and to use “big data†with value-based payment mode…
Catholic Health Initiatives Signs Pact with PAML
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XVI No. 15 – November 02, 2009 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In concept, it is a simple deal. Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), the nationâ…
PAML Joint Venture News from The Dark Report Intelligence
November 2, 2007 PAML and HCA Agree to Start New Lab Joint Venture in Utah …
Opportunities Ahead for Labs That Prepare
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXII, Number 17 – December 7, 2015 Issue
AT THE END OF EVERY YEAR, IT’S ALWAYS SMART BUSINESS FOR EVERY LAB to peer into the future specifically to identify the best clinical and financial opportunities. With the New Year just a few week…
Tasso’s Device Collects Capillary Blood for Testing
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXII No. 14 – October 5, 2015 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In Seattle, Tasso Inc., a start-up company, is developing a device that adheres to the skin and collects capillary blood that can be used for lab testing. Tasso says the device is a less invasive than a venipuncture. At the same time, executives at Tasso recognize that, for m…
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