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Technical/Professional Billing Has Risks for Labs, Doctors
IT’S A HOT TOPIC ACROSS THE ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY PROFESSION. Increasing numbers of physician groups are hiring laboratories to perform the technical component of an anatomic pathology case and engaging pathologists to diagnose the cases. This phenomenon is often called TC/PC, to repr…
May 22, 2006 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
Another investment firm has acquired an anatomic pathology company. It was announced today that Water Street Capital Partners of Chicago, Illinois, has acquired a majority ownership in Lakewood Pathology Associates, located in Lakewood, New Jersey. Under new ownershi…
Placenta Registry Stirs Unwarranted Controversy
CEO SUMMARY: On the surface, the “exposé” published by The Oregonian newspaper on February 12 seemed designed to sensationalize an effort by local obstetricians, hospitals, and pathologists to do a better job of evaluating placentas taken from patients who had experienced a difficult…
Many Trends in AP Spell Lots of Change Ahead
CEO SUMMARY: Every second year, THE DARK REPORT releases its list of key trends in anatomic pathology. These trends help shape an understanding about the state of the pathology profession. Our current list includes 11 identifiable trends. This is not an auspicious sign for pathologists wh…
AD PathLabs Is Closed, Assets & Clients Are Sold
CEOSUMMARY: AD PathLabs, Inc. was a regional anatomic pathology company built around a unique business model: It would provide technical AP services to local hospitals and other clients and allow referring physicians to perform the professional services on the cases they referred to AD Pa…
Failure of AD Pathlabs: Structural Weakness?
CEO SUMMARY: AD PathLabs is the latest in a string of business disappointments. Over the past decade, a number of anatomic pathology companies have proven that they can grow rapidly—attracting substantial volumes of specimens. But these companies seem to hit a financial wall that leads …
Picking Top Ten Stories Of 2005 for Lab Industry
CEO SUMMARY: THE DARK REPORT offers its pic…
“December 5, 2005 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”
On November 9, Luminex Corporation was awarded the “2005 Clinical Diagnostics Technology of the Year” Award from Frost & Sullivan. The award recognizes “clinical diagnostics technology that shows the potential to become an industry standard, achieve a high …
Lab Tests in Pharmacies, Genzyme, Healthe, Singing River Hospital, VA
IT IS OFTEN SUGGESTED that pharmacies are a logical place to combine laboratory testing with prescription services. Such an arrangement would be consumer-friendly and has the potential to improve patient care while lowering costs. In Great Britain, the National Health Service has launched a pilot pr…
AmeriPath Will Acquire Specialty Laboratories
CEO SUMMARY: It’s a surprise to most lab industry observers. AmeriPath, a company built around 400 anatomic pathologists working mostly in community hospitals, is acquiring a national reference/esoteric testing company. However, this deal may be better understood by looking at the motiv…
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Volume XXXII, No. 6 – April 21, 2025
Now that a federal judge has vacated the FDA’s LDT rule, The Dark Report analyzes the judgement and notes the various steps the FDA could take in response. Also, lab testing at pharmacies is proving to be less successful than was once anticipated.
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