Patient Care Focus Helps Path Group Win Contract

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

CEO SUMMARY: When Ascension Wisconsin wanted one pathology group to serve its needs statewide, North Shore Pathologists responded to the request for proposal by focusing on how pathologists can improve patient care through a patient-centered model. Other pathology groups responded with pr…

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Sonic to Pay $540 Million to Buy Aurora Diagnostics

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 18 – December 24, 2018 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Sonic Healthcare, Ltd., announced that it would pay $540 million—a multiple of 9.2 times EBITDA—to acquire Aurora Diagnostics, the anatomic pathology company based in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Sonic will gain 32 pathology practice sites and add 220 pathologists to its netw…

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Sonic Sees a Future in Lab JVs with Hospitals

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 12 – August 20, 2018 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: In every partnership, each member has a unique point of view. Following the announcement of a new laboratory joint venture company involving ProMedica Health System and Sonic Healthcare USA, the Sonic executive who worked with ProMedica’s administrators to develop the JV ex…

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March 5, 2018 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXV No. 4 – March 5, 2018 Issue

“More people took genetic ancestry tests last year than in all previous years combined,” declared Senior Editor Antonio Regalado in a story published on Feb. 18 by MIT Technology Review. He wrote that, just in 2017, the number of people who had their DNA analyzed with direct-to-consumer genetic g…

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February 12, 2018 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

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

Because of the explosion in different payment systems, hospitals, physicians, and providers such as clinical laboratories are facing a new challenge: how to match a payment to a specific patient’s service. Modern Healthcare writer Tara Bannow reports that, “back when most patients paid …

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Digital Pathology Systems Will Create Opportunities

By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXIV No. 7 – May 15, 2017 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Advanced Pathology Associates, a 15-member private pathology group practice, had the distinction of generating data for the clinical study that Philips submitted to the Food and Drug Administra…

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Labs: Watch for Whistleblowers! You Can’t Predict Who’s Filing

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 9 – June 26, 2017 Issue

NEWS STORIES ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT FEDERAL WHISTLEBLOWER CASES against lab companies provide a reminder that managers of every clinical laboratory and pathology group must be vigilant about compliance, because potential whistleblowers can emerge from the unlikeliest of places. The first example involv…

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Digital Pathology Systems Will Create Opportunities

By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXIV No. 7 – May 15, 2017 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Advanced Pathology Associates, a 15-member private pathology group practice, had the distinction of generating data for the clinical study that Philips submitted to the Food and Drug Administration for review of its whole slide imaging system. Following the FDA’s decision t…

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Aurora Diagnostics Acquires Pathology Groups, Posts Loss

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

ONE OF THE MORE CURIOUS SITUATIONS IN THE LAB INDUSTRY TODAY is the story of Aurora Diagnostics of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Even as it loses money, it continues to acquire pathology group practices. Aurora recently issued its earnings report. For 2016, it disclosed a net loss of $29…

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Digital Pathology Makes Group More Competitive

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

CEO SUMMARY: One 15-member pathology group said adopting digital pathology will give it more competitive advantage. Advanced Pathology Associates (APA) in suburban Maryland, was one of four sites that participated in the clinical study of the Philips IntelliSite Pathology Solution applica…

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