Northwell Health Lab Team Leverages Data to Add Value

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVI No. 8 – June 10, 2019 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Today, insurers get risk-adjusted payments for treating patients who have high-cost health conditions and they make risk-adjusted payments to physicians, hospitals, and other providers. At Northwell Health, the clinical lab saw the opportunity to leverage lab test data with …

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Dr. Papanicolaou Honored by Google Doodle on May 13

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVI No. 7 – May 20, 2019 Issue

Pathologists and medical laboratory professionals the world over had a surprise on May 13 if they used Google for an Internet search. The doodle on the Google search home page honored pathologist Dr. Georgios Papanicolaou, who developed the Pap smear test used to screen for cervical …

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September 18, 2017 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 13 – September 18, 2017 Issue

Last week, 23andMe raised $250 million in a financing round led by Sequoia Capital. The company has an estimated value of $1.75 billion and has attracted $491 mill…

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CEO Describes Characteristics Of the Clinical Lab 2.0 Model

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 7 – May 15, 2017 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Moving away from volume-based care will not be easy for clinical labs. After all, high volume sustains labs. But labs seeking to transition away from fee-for-service to value-based care must have a seat at the table where decisions are made, said a lab CEO who is part of Proj…

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Diagnostic Error Rate Of 21% Revealed By Mayo Clinic Study

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

CEO SUMMARY: Researchers at the Mayo Clinic showed that only 12% of patients referred to Mayo physicians for a second opinion got a confirmation that their original diagnosis was complete and correct. In 21% of the cases, the diagnosis was completely changed. Among patients who got additi…

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PAMA Fee Cuts a Factor in Outreach Lab’s Sale

By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXIV No. 3 – February 21, 2017 Issue

THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, THE UNITED STATES IS ENVIED for the quality and ready access to medical laboratory tests that it delivers to physicians and their patients. Yes, there are criticisms that healt…

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October 17, 2016 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIII No. 14 – October 17, 2016 Issue

Quebec’s provincial health authority is moving forward with what may be one of the largest consolidations of clinical laboratory testing undertaken in North America during the past 30 years. The goal is to bring the lab testing currently done in as many as 500 locations throughout the province int…

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Official Makes Case in Favor of FDA LDT Guidance

By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXII, Number 18 – December 28, 2015 Issue

IN THIS EXCLUSIVE NEWS COVERAGE of a public appearance by a key FDA official, THE DARK REPORT provides lab executives and pathologists with a more nuanced understanding about the thinking behind the proposed …

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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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October 5, 2015 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXII No. 14 – October 5, 2015 Issue

More venture capital money is moving into the medical laboratory industry in India. In September, Metropolis Healthcare Ltd of Mumbai, India, disclosed that Carlyle, a private equity company, had purchased a 36.5% ownership interest in the lab company. In April, Warburg Pincus �…

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