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Labcorp and Quest Execs Support RESULTS Act Progress
Chief executives at both Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics reported year-over-year revenue growth in the first quarter during recent earnings calls, especially in specialty and consumer testing. They also indicated the companies are watching the progress of the RESULTS Act in Congress in hopes that it wi…
Labs Looking at Cash-Based Options Face Complexity
Given all the challenges of dealing with payers, many clinical laboratories find themselves tempted by the idea of offering cash-based business lines such as direct-to-consumer (DTC) testing. The patient pays up front and undergoes the test, and the lab banks the…
Three Signals to Take from Executive War College
We’ve arrived back from New Orleans and the 3…
Direct-to-Consumer Clinical Laboratory Testing is Booming
As part of the ongoing and expanding healthcare direct-to-consumer (DTC) wellness trend, DTC laboratory testing is on the rise. It is driven by increasing at-home care, effective and affordable telehealth approaches, and significantly more convenient sampling and…
In Earnings Calls, Execs at Quest and Labcorp Push for RESULTS Act
Chief executives at Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics made it clear during recent investor calls that they want Congress to pass the RESULTS Act. The Reforming and Enhancing Sustainable Updates to Laboratory Testing Services (RESULTS) Act is seen b…
Translating Genomic Testing to the Clinic
CEO SUMMARY: An entrepreneur in the liquid biopsy sector outlines a series of questions to answer if a diagnostic innovation is to ever succeed in the commercial marketplace. Scientists and businesspeople will want to ask about a potential product’s significance, uniquen…
Top Stories in 2025 Played Out in Courts, Capitol Hill
CEO SUMMARY: The biggest story of the year for clinical laboratories came in a huge court victory, as a federal judge vacated the FDA’s final rule on laboratory developed tests. Labs breathed a sigh of relief after the court decision, as the FDA rule had promised to incr…
Strategies to Succeed with Laboratory Outreach Programs
In recent years Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics went on buying sprees, acquiring laboratory outreach businesses from major health systems. They argue that they can run these operations more efficiently, while the sellers get much-needed cash infusions. (See …
One Lab’s Solution to Its Histotechnologist Shortage
Histology workforce shortages remain one of the major challenges within the clinical laboratory industry, and, unfortunately, as the demand for histotechnologists increases, the number of qualified personnel has been decreasing. A report releas…
December 29, 2025, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is expanding its use of precision medicine through a new multi-year contract with Baylor Genetics to provide pharmacogenomic (PGx) and germline genetic testing to veterans across the VA’s nationwide healthcare system. The agreement includes P…
CURRENT ISSUE
Volume XXXIII, No. 9 – July, 2026
Newsmaker Interview with Revvity’s Yves Dubaquie > How Specialty Diagnostic Tests Connect with Lab Customers: In this exclusive Q&A, Revvity’s Yves Dubaquie provides details about the in vitro diagnostics company’s priorities, including developing specialty tests and reviewing its business in China. Dubaquie also explains why clinical laboratories may need to consider hiring more technology-savvy workers in the future as the complexity of instruments grows.
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