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Lab Specimen Logistics Reach into the Home
Simple, at-home collection of blood samples could go a long way toward improving the patient experience while creating new opportunities for clinical laboratories. But it also presents unique logistical challenges as labs find themselves operating in a more consu…
Boosting Path Revenue with POC Services
CEO SUMMARY: The concept sounds simple—bring mobile point-of-care pathology services to physician offices and ambulatory surgical centers via specially equipped vehicles. Doctors Pathology Services explains some of the road bumps it hit along the way while also uncoverin…
Abbott Bets Hard on Cancer Diagnostics with New Deal
Abbott Laboratories’ deal to acquire Exact Sciences for $23 billion emphasizes the value that the in vitro diagnostics (IVD) manufacturer puts on cancer testing. Clinical laboratories involved with oncology should monitor the progres…
What Private Equity Sees in Diagnostics
CEO SUMMARY: Hologic’s acquisition by private equity firms Blackstone and TPG marks one of the year’s largest in vitro diagnostics transactions and a clear vote of confidence in the sector’s resilience. Industry analyst Bruce Carlson unpacks what the buyout …
Managing Denials and Appeals of Clinical Lab, Path Claims
CEO SUMMARY: Based on a study of denials and appeals involving about 20 million lab test claims, the team at XiFin Inc. presents here their findings. They also provide recommendations on steps labs can take to reduce denials and win a greater proportion of appeals. IN RECENT…
Despite COVID-19 Losses, IVD Executives Remain Upbeat
Continuing declines in COVID-19 test revenues was a common theme during the first quarte…
Payers Request More Claims Documentation
CEO SUMMARY: Both anecdotal evidence from lab professionals and numbers-based data from XiFin point to a problem: More payers require clinical labs to produce more documentation that a test claim i…
Post-COVID: Repurposing Excess PCR Instruments
CEO SUMMARY: Currently, there are hospital, health system, and independent clinical laboratories that have between two and five different PCR testing platforms. These analyzers were acquired during the pandemic as one way to increase the daily number of SARS-CoV-2 their labs could p…
November 4, 2019 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
Pharmacogenetic testing is gaining acceptance by a growing number of health insurers. On Oct. 1, UnitedHealthcare (UHC) began coverage of genetic tests that help physicians identify the anti-depressant drugs most likely to benefit their patients. UHC’s policy also extends coverage …
October 14, 2019 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
Two interesting partners are working on a project to map the human immune system with the goal of creating a knowledge base that can be used to develop diagnostic tests. Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies of Seattle are collaborating on this project. “Google c…
CURRENT ISSUE
Volume XXXIII, No. 2 – February 9, 2026
Congress has once again delayed cuts to test reimbursement rates under PAMA, this time until Jan. 1, 2027. Laboratory professionals are urged to lobby Congress to pass the RESULTS act to solve the PAMA cuts problem permanently. Also, patient-driven testing is spurring new opportunities.
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