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Reforming and Enhancing Sustainable Updates to Laboratory Testing Services Act
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…
March 2, 2026, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
The American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) is pushing for passage of the Reforming and Enhancing Sustainable Updates to Laboratory Testing Services Act of 2025 (RESULTS Act) with the goal of attaching it to a year-end spending bill in Congress. If successful, the legislation co…
Permanent PAMA Reform Must Happen in 2026
Previously, it would have been hard to imagine …
Cuts to Rural Labs Boost RESULTS Act Support
CEO SUMMARY: Two related legislative concerns should have the sharp attention of clinical laboratory leaders, particularly those in rural areas. On one end, PAMA cuts are scheduled to hit on Jan. 31 short of another reprieve from Congress. Meanwhile, lawmakers at a recent …
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…
Labs Enter a Critical PAMA Reform Window
CEO SUMMARY: A reprieve of upcoming PAMA cuts to lab test reimbursement rates is official with an extension through Jan. 30, 2026. This, however, is not a lot of time and pressure is on the clinical laboratory industry to get the RESULTS Act passed to permanently reform PA…
Congress is Listening. Labs Must Step Up on PAMA
Just as The Dark Report went to press for this issue, the US federal government reopened after the longest shutdown in the country’s history. And while political pundits on both sides of the spectrum argued about who won and lost during the shutdown, it was clear that the cli…
After SALSA Hits a Wall, New RESULTS Act Steps In
Upon reading the briefing in the last issue about the Reforming and Enhancing Sustainable Updates to Laboratory Testing Services (RESULTS) Act, someof our members may have wondered,“What happened to SALSA?” SALSA, more formally known as the…
RESULTS Act Offers Another Chance at PAMA Relief
OVER YOUR SHOULDER, YOU MAY HEAR THE CLOCK TICK…
Labs Directly Attack Upcoming PAMA Cuts
CEO SUMMARY: The clinical laboratory industry once again finds itself advocating on Capitol Hill for proposed legislation to deal with an old problem: test reimbursement rate cuts under PAMA. While Congress has delayed scheduled rate cuts for the last several years, PAMA c…
CURRENT ISSUE
Volume XXXIII, No. 6 – May 04, 2026
Speakers at the 2026 Executive War College have re-imagined the diagnostic laboratory’s role from back-office utility to a primary driver of system-wide strategy and clinical excellence. Also, it is apparent that direct-to-consumer lab testing is booming.
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