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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…
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…
FDA Clears Digital Path for Primary Diagnosis
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 6 – April 24, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Proponents of digital pathology systems and whole slide imaging achieved a milestone on April 12 when the FDA cleared the Philips digital pathology system for sale in the United States. Now pathologists can use the system to perform primary diagnoses and get paid for those pr…
Lab Acquisitions: LabCorp, Quest, Sonic Do Hospital Lab Deals
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXIV No. 4 – March 13, 2017 Issue
This is an excerpt from a 1,021-word article in the March 13, 2017, issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete article is available for a limited time to all readers, and available at all times to paid members of the Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: …
Sale to LabCorp to End Most of PAML’s Lab JVs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 4 – March 13, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It will take several years to understand how the market for lab testing services will change in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, once Laboratory Corporation of America becomes the owner of PAML, based in Spokane, Wash. Price and financial terms of the sale were not disclose…
LabCorp, Quest, Sonic Do Hospital Lab Deals
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 4 – March 13, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Is the New Year’s spate of deals involving the sales of hospital lab outreach programs and a new joint venture the first tremors of an impending earthquake of similar transactions? In the first 10 weeks of 2017, Laboratory Corporation of America, Quest Diagnostics, and Soni…
PeaceHealth Outreach Laboratory Sells to Quest Diagnostics
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXIV No. 3 – February 21, 2017 Issue
This is an excerpt from a 1,471-word article in the February 21, 2017, issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete article is available for a limited time to all readers, and available at all times to paid members of the Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY…
PeaceHealth Labs Sold To Quest Diagnostics
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 3 – February 21, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In Oregon, one of the nation’s more successful and long-established health system outreach laboratories will cease to exist following its sale to Quest Diagnostics Incorporated. The seller explained that the Medicare Part B price cuts coming as a result of the PAMA market p…
Quest to Manage Six Labs at HCA HealthONE Hospitals
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIII No. 8 – June 13, 2016 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: For decades, hospitals were reluctant to allow any outside lab company to run their inpatient lab operations because they preferred to maintain control over quality results and turnaround times. That attitude may be changing as health systems face increasing margin compressio…
Florida bill to restrict BeaconLBS advances in state Senate
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXIII, No. 2 – February 8, 2016 Issue
THE DARK REPORT is first to report on the latest development as part of its ongoing coverage of how Florida physicians are reacting to the implementation of the UnitedHealthCare laboratory be…
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