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Providers May Be Ordering Inappropriate Vitamin D Tests
Heightened consumer interest has been driving demand for vitamin D testing in recent years. However, clinical laboratories should be aware that some providers could be ordering the wrong test to measure levels of the vitamin, in part due to the way that online or…
After Regaining Outreach, Lab Grows it by $10M
CEO SUMMARY: In this case study, Kootenai Health in Idaho explains how taking back lab outreach services from a commercial lab company can improve physician satisfaction, enhance patient care, and increase revenue. Although the transition was bumpy, within two years of bri…
National Lab Company Briefs
Quest, Labcorp Push Alzheimer’s Test Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp are now offering Fujirebio’s Lumipulse test, the first Food and Drug Administration-cleared blood-based assay for con…
Internet Tracking Lawsuits Target Quest and Labcorp
CEO SUMMARY: Here is the clinical lab industry’s first intelligence briefing on how class action attorneys are filing lawsuits against healthcare providers—including clinical laboratories. The allegations are that providers are using internet tracking tools, such as those offered by M…
FDA Issues Memo to Reclassify Many High Risk IVD Assays
WAS IT AN EXPECTED FLOOD OF APPLICATIONS TO REVIEW laboratory de…
Layoffs at Major Health Plans Slow Processing of Lab Claims
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Violating EKRA Earns Lab Owner an Eight-Year Prison Sentence
THIS MAY BE THE MOST HIGH-PROFILE CASE involving a clinical laboratory and the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018 (EKRA). Former Arrayit Corporation president Mark Schena was sentenced in October 2023 to eight years in federal prison and ordered to pay $24 million in resti…
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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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