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Community Lab Ceases after 37 Years of Operation

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVII, No. 15 – October 26, 2020 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: In Pennsylvania, one of the state’s largest independent clinical laboratories, HNL Lab Medicine in Allentown, acquired a lab competitor last month, Northeastern Laboratory Medicine in Hazelton. The deal is a good strategic move for both labs because HNL will continue to…

PAMA Price Cuts Reduce Revenue at Two National Labs

By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXVI No. 3 – February 25, 2019 Issue

This is an excerpt from a 1,500-word article in the Feb. 25, 2019 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: In their respective earnings reports for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2018, executives at both La…

PAMA Price Cuts Reduce Revenue at LabCorp, Quest

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVI No. 3 – February 25, 2019 Issue

This story was updated from the original on March 27, 2019, and includes corrected information in three places. CEO SUMMARY: In their respective earnings reports for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2018, executives at both Laboratory Corporation of America and Quest Diagno…

CEO Offers Lab Strategies for a Post-PAMA World

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVI No. 1 – January 14, 2019 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: With so many market forces working against the economic interests of clinical laboratories, it is essential that all labs develop appropriate strategies designed to sustain the quality of laboratory testing services and the financial integrity of the laboratory organization. …

More Medicare Price Cuts Coming in 2019, 2020

By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXV No. 16 – November 13, 2018 Issue

How many consecutive 10% and 15% cuts to the prices Medicare pays for clinical laboratory tests can smaller community labs absorb before they are forced to shut their doors and go out of business? This nation is about to…

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…

Legal Briefs Explain Problems with PAMA Implementation

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 6 – April 16, 2018 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Several developments have moved the case forward since December when the American Clinical Laboratory Association filed suit in federal court against the Department of Health and Human Services. Inrecent weeks, ACLA filed for summary judgment; HHS responded with its own reque…

Newsmaker Interview: Healthcare’s Transformation Now Bringing Changes to Lab Industry

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 3 – February 12, 2018 Issue

“Today, patients want to get diagnosis and treatment faster with fewer visits to the doctor’s office. They want speedier and more comprehensive delivery of clinical services, be it laboratory tests, imaging, or other procedures.” …

Strategies to Offset Medicare Cuts to Be Shared at Exec. War College

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXV No. 3 – February 12, 2018 Issue

DEEP PRICE CUTS to the Medicare Part B Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule was the big story of 2017. The big story of 2018 may be the widespread financial disruption to the clinical lab industry as labs see dramatic declines in their revenue from these Medicare fee cuts. One early opportunity for lab …

ACLA Suit Challenges HHS’ Data-Collection Efforts

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 1 – January 2, 2018 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: In a lawsuit filed last month, the American Clinical Laboratory Association charged that HHS failed to comply with the statutory requirements of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 when setting the 2018 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule. In the lawsuit, ACLA said HHS…

Volume XXXII, No. 4 – March 10, 2025

A bold new technology has entered the European lab marketplace, with the introduction of an autonomous robotic phlebotomy device, already in service at a Netherlands hospital. Also, The Dark Report announces its sale to LabX Media Group of Ontario Canada.

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