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Italy’s SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak Brings Out Best in Clinical Labs
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVII No. 6 – April 20, 2020 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Italy was one of the first countries outside of China to experience an explosive outbreak of COVID-19 and its northern provinces were hit hardest by this novel coronavirus. In this exclusive interview with THE DARK REPORT,…
Labs Get Less Revenue as Billing Shifts Offshore
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVII No. 2 – January 27, 2020 Issue
>CEO SUMMARY:In …
OIG Finds 120-Day Delays at Memphis VA Path Lab
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVI No. 12 – September 3, 2019 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Last year, Veterans Administration officials received an anonymous complaint about delays in laboratory specimen processing and results at the Memphis VA Medical Center may have harmed patients and led to a patient death. Following an investigation, the VA’s Office of Inspe…
Anthem Rolling Out New Pathology CPT Code Cuts
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXVI No. 9 – July 1, 2019 Issue
This is a synopsis of a 2,120-word article in the July 1, 2019 issue of THE DARK REPORT (TDR). The full articles are available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: Anthem is making big changes to its relationships with anatomic pathology (AP) groups. Getting most o…
Anthem Rolling Out More Anatomic Path Price Cuts
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXVI No. 9 – July 1, 2019 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Anthem is making big changes to its relationships with anatomic pathology groups. Getting most of the attention at the moment are the insurer’s letters announcing price cuts for anatomic pathology services of 50% to 70% of Medicare fees. But another major change may also tr…
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Builds Strong Lab Outreach Business
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 10 – July 9, 2018 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: As health networks and hospitals consider outsourcing their lab outreach programs, the lab team at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (D-H) offers lessons about the value of retaining outreach. D-H is now in the eighth year of a sustained expansion of its laboratory outreach …
July 9, 2018 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXV No. 10 – July 9, 2018 Issue
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center of Wake Forest, N.C., has been notified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in a letter dated June 15, that it is back in compliance with Medicare Conditions of Participation. Earlier this year, following inspe…
Wake Forest Baptist Lab’s Path Errors Teach Lessons
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXV No. 7 – May 7, 2018 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: For medical directors and pathologists interested in improving their labs’ compliance with CLIA regulations, a report from federal and state inspectors of an inspection of the pathology lab at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center offers insights into what issues caught th…
Wake Forest Baptist Hospital Reviewing Path Lab Deficiencies
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXV No. 6 – April 16, 2018 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In response to information the staff provided to Wake Forest Baptist Hospital’s risk manager last fall, and following a federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services inspection in February, CMS describes deficiencies found as “an immediate jeopardy to the health and …
NC Hospital Reviewing Path Lab Deficiencies
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXV No. 6 – April 16, 2018 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Discovery of multiple diagnostic errors occurring in an anatomic pathology department triggered a complaint investigation and a 54-page report from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The report shows that Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is reviewing mo…
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