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Opko Pays $1.47 Billion to Buy Bio-Reference Lab
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXII NO. 9 – June 22, 2015 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It’s a case of the little fish gobbling the big fish, as Opko Health – with revenue of $91 million – will be acquiring Bio-Reference Laboratories, with revenue of $832 million. But the more interesting aspect of the story is that the CEO of Opko Health is a physi…
LabCorp, Sysmex Will Collaborate To Develop Liquid Biopsy Tests
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXII NO. 9 – June 22, 2015 Issue
ANOTHER SIGN OF HEALTHCARE’S TRANSFORMATION came on June 1 when Sysmex Corporation of Kobe, Japan, and Laboratory Corporation of America in Burlington, North Carolina, announced a unique collaboration to develop blood-based molecular diagnostic tests for cancer. The collaboration call…
June 22, 2015 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXII NO. 9 – June 22, 2015 Issue
Turf wars are breaking out among local pathology groups as consolidation involving hospitals and physicians’ practices continues to reshape many regional healthcare markets. The latest sign of this trend comes from Washington State, where CellNetix of Seattle announced an agreement to provide …
New MoPath Lab Coalition Takes its Case to Congress
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XX No. 8 – June 17, 2013 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Prices recently established for molecular diagnostic tests are so low that they put patient access in jeopardy, declared a new lab industry coalition in a statement delivered to members of Congress. Called the Coalition to Strengthen the Future of Molecular Diagnosti…
June 1, 2015 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXII NO. 8 – June 1, 2015 Issue
It’s a laboratory acquisition that is worth US$1.3 billion. In Europe, Cinven, a pri ate equity company, will acquire Labco SA of Paris, France. Labco operates medical laboratories in France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, and the United Kingdom. It reports annual revenue of US$714 mi…
Some Labs Report Faster Pay For Molecular, Genetic Tests via New CPT Code Reimbursement Program
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXII NO. 8 – June 1, 2015 Issue
DURING RECENT MONTHS, some labs are reporting improvement in how their claims for certain molecular and genetic tests are being reim…
Some Labs Report Faster Pay for Molecular, Genetic Tests
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXII NO. 8 – June 1, 2015 Issue
DURING RECENT MONTHS, some labs are reporting improvement in how their claims for certain molecular and genetic tests are being reimbursed. This is progress from the financial crises experienced during 2013 for many labs performing molecular and genetic tests….
Lab Test Utilization Delivers Big Gains at Cleveland Clinic
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXII NO. 8 – June 1, 2015 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Since the launch of a laboratory test utilization program in 2011 at the Cleveland Clinic, more than 35,000 duplicate or inappropriate test orders have been stopped. The test utilization team introduced five initiatives that are not designed to cut spending but to in…
Benchmarking with the Best To Be a World Class Laboratory
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXII No. 5 – March 30, 2015 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: This fourth installment of this special series about the laboratory value pyramid introduces “Level Four: Use Benchmarks to Achieve Best-in-Class.” This is the highest level of the four level pyramid. When a lab organization performs at this level, it will be deliver…
February 17 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXII No. 3 – February 17, 2015 Issue
GeneCentric is a new lab testing company in Durham, North Carolina that was started by former executives of Laboratory Corporation of America. It intends to raise $20 million in a Series B capital offering. GeneCentric’s business model is to license molecular diagnostic tests, then develop the…
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