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New CEO Takes Charge At Pathology Partners
CEO SUMMARY: Pathology Partners, Inc. got a new President and CEO this month. The company is organized to build and operate independent regional histology and cytology laboratories in support of anatomic pathologists. Its business model is different than competing pathology companies and …
LabCorp Buys Two More California Laboratories
CEO SUMMARY: Laboratory Corporation of America is serving notice that it intends to increase its competitive presence in California, the largest market for diagnostic testing in the United States. It recently signed agreements to purchase two respected independent laboratory companies, on…
Humana Denies Payment For Pathology CPT Codes
CEO SUMMARY: It’s not just the Medicare program that wants to eat away at the reimbursement for laboratory tests. Private payers continue to seek ways to cut back reimbursement to laboratory providers. The latest attack is on two surgical pathology codes—88300 and 88302. In at least t…
AmeriPath Pursues Ambitious Strategy Of Rapid Expansion
CEO SUMMARY: As the pathology profession’s only publicly-traded physician practice management company, AmeriPath is the spear point of far-reaching changes now transforming pathology. With an annual revenue run rate of $270 million and an ample war chest of growth capital, AmeriPath int…
Park City Solutions, DIANON, IMPATH American Med Labs, Cytyc, TriPath Imaging
PARK CITY SOLUTIONS AND AMERICAN MEDICAL LABS CREATE STRATEGIC PACT TWO COMPANIES FINANCED by GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC, the private equity firm based in Chicago, announced a strategic relationship. Park City Solutions, Inc. of Park City, Utah and Ame…
Single-Specialty Path PPMs Posting Strong Growth, Profits
CEO SUMMARY: Although the financial travails of the physician practice management (PPM) industry are widely known, there is little recognition that a number of single-specialty PPMs are doing well. This is true of pathology, where at least six pathology-based PPMs still remain in business…
Pathology Profession Facing New Directions
CEO SUMMARY: Big changes ahead during the next decade. Among the predictions: the number of two and three-pathologist group practices will radically diminish; pathology centers of excellence will achieve new market dominance; and…ever more intense competition for anatomic pathology spec…
Abbott, CARESIDE, Bio-Reference Labs, DIANON Systems
SWARM OF LAWSUITS NOW PLAGUES ABBOTT LABS PAYING A $100 MILLION FINE TO THE Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not end Abbott Laboratories, Inc.’s problems related to its diagnostic test kits and reagents. Since payment of the FDA fine last month, Abbott has been serv…
Individual Pathologist “Branding” Promoted by National Firms
IN THE EFFORT TO GAIN COMPETITIVE market advantage, IMPATH, Inc. of New York City publicized the recent signing of an exclusive partnership agreement involving renowned pathologist Juan Rosai, M.D., also of New York City. Dr. Rosai has a world-wide reputation for his books, book cha…
1999’s Top Ten Stories Reflect Speed of Change
CEO SUMMARY: This year’s round-up of the lab industry’s Top Ten most important stories lacks any compelling single theme. THE DARK REPORT’s conclusion? 1999 was a transition year. No new outside forces rattled the lab industry, allowing lab executives and pathologists to concentrate…
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Volume XXXII, No. 10 – July 14, 2025
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