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Value-based healthcare launches new conflicting interests for hospital labs, independents
By Mary Van Doren | From the Volume XXIV No. 16 – November 20, 2017 Issue
This is an excerpt from a 2,400-word article in the Nov. 20, 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: Her…
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…
June 5, 2017 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXIV No. 8 – June 5, 2017 Issue
Have you ever wondered how many consumers have ordered genetic tests from 23andMe? According to the MIT Technology Review, more than 2 million consumers have ordered genetic tests from the Silicon Valley company. Moreover, 85% of these consumers have consented to have their data use…
Cautious Optimism Seen At Executive War College
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIV No. 7 – May 15, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Among the major themes to emerge from the more than 60 sessions and 100 speakers at this year’s Executive War College on Lab and Pathology Management were the accelerating pace of integrated care, the growth of precision medicine, and use of big data to guide physicians. Ot…
University of Michigan Pathologists Bet on Patient-Centered Care
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 3 – February 21, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: At the University of Michigan Medical Center, the Department of Pathology is learning new ways to add value that include face-to-face meetings with patients as part of UMMC’s patient- and family-centered care initiative. One lesson learned is that patients appreciate the op…
In Texas, BeaconLBS Start Will Be Delayed
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 2 – January 30, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: UnitedHealthcare will not implement the claims impact part of its laboratory benefit management program in Texas on March 1, 2017, as it had previously announced. Opposition to the program and the requirement that physicians use the BeaconLBS system when ordering about 79 lab…
PAMA Economics Drives Merger Of Two Seattle-Area Pathology Groups
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIV No. 1 – January 9, 2017 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Among the three chief reasons for the merger of CellNetix and Puget Sound Institute of Pathology, the most compelling was the need to address the challenges in the current reimbursement environment and to prepare for reductions in payment to pathologists expected in the comin…
September 6, 2016 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIII No. 12 – September 6, 2016 Issue
During the widespread floods in Louisiana last month, Pathology Group of Louisiana (PGL) activated its disaster preparedness plan and managed to avoid any interruption of its pathology services. One vital element of that plan was a telephone tree that kept managers and staff in commu…
Anatomic Pathology Profession Faces Challenges, Opportunities
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIII No. 11 – August 15, 2016 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: For 10 years, three primary trends have reshaped the anatomic pathology profession. They are declining reimbursement, competition from physicians establishing in-office pathology labs, and a host of new government laws and regulations. More changes are coming, predicts one bu…
UPMC-KingMed Digital Pathology Venture Improves Patient Care
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXIII No. 4 – March 21, 2016 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Many experts think that digital pathology will make it possible to create international pathology subspecialty referral networks. Now in its fifth year, a partnership between UPMC’s Pathology Department and KingMed Diagnostics of China uses telepathology to give Chinese pat…
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