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Millennials Set to Reorder Healthcare & Lab Testing
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 6 – May 3, 2021 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In just 42 months, Millennials will make up 75% of the workforce, according to U.S. Department of Commerce statistics. As consumers and patients, they are already triggering changes, reforms, and innovation in healthcare. It is timely for clinical lab administrators and…
Federal Judges: Paying Commissions Violates AKS
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 6 – May 3, 2021 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Health Diagnostic Laboratory and its marketing partner, BlueWave Consultants, were back in the news recently after a three-judge panel of a federal appeals court denied a challenge from the former principals of those companies to an earlier court ruli…
Revised Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute Rules Are Good News for Labs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 4 – March 22, 2021 Issue
This is an excerpt of a 1,385-word article in the March 22, 2021 issue of  THE DARK REPORT (TDR). The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: The Dark Report explains how changes to the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute will benefit labs,…
Revised Stark and AKS Rules Are Good News for Labs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 4 – March 22, 2021 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It must be rewarding for federal rulemakers at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the Inspector General to hear that attorneys representing clinical labs and pathology groups consider the new final rules for the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickb…
Understanding Key Parts of New AKS, Stark Law Rules
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 4 – March 22, 2021 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Both the federal Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute have been revised and the final rules became effective on Jan. 19. The good news for clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups is that federal regulators from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services a…
Pathologist’s Prison Term Is a Warning for AP Groups
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII No. 3 – March 1, 2021 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In January, a former VA pathologist was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison following his conviction on charges of involuntary manslaughter and mail fraud. The facts in this case show why leaders of clinical labs and pathology groups need to be aware of individuals …
SARS-CoV-2 Variant Sequencing Creates New Opportunities for Labs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 2 – February 8, 2021 Issue
This is an excerpt of a 2,964-word article in the February 8, 2021 issue of  THE DARK REPORT (TDR). The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: Variants of the COVID-19 virus are appearing across the world. Recent data show the same variants wil…
Variant Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 Creates Opportunities for Labs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 2 – February 8, 2021 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Variants of the COVID-19 virus are appearing across the world. Recent data show the same variants will infect people in several different countries. Here in the United States, interest is growing in having clinical laboratories sequence specimens from patients who test pos…
Proscia Lands Major Deals as Digital Pathology Demand Grows
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 2 – February 8, 2021 Issue
EVEN AS THE WORLDWIDE COVID-19 PANDEMIC DERAILED SOME INDUSTRIES, it gave a major boost to digital pathology. That has meant an expanding market for Proscia, a seven-year-old provider of digital and computational pathology solutions. Established in 2014, Proscia recently won …
Top 10 2020 Lab Stories Are about More than Just COVID-19
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVII, No. 18 – December 28, 2020 Issue
This is an excerpt of a 3,689-word article in the December 28, 2020 issue of  THE DARK REPORT (TDR). The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: There are several surprises in The Dark R…
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