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Change Healthcare Hit by Major Cyberattack
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 4 – March 18, 2024 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: It was a classic ransomware attack against Change Healthcare, the business unit of Optum that is itself a division of UnitedHealth Group. On Feb. 21, this cyberattack shut down critical systems at Change Healthcare, such as those involved in accepting and forwarding prescript…
Genetic Testing Firm Invitae Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Pursues Sale
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, No. 3 – February 26, 2024 Issue
INVITAE CORP., A MEDICAL GENETICS COMPANY, got the go ahead in mid-February from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey “to find a buyer and exit from Chapter 11 by late July,” Reuters reported. Invitae said in a news release that it…
Lab News Briefs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXI, Number 1 – January 16, 2024 Issue
Siemens to Explore Sale of Its IVD Diagnostics Unit Siemens Healthineers, Erlangen, Germany, is reportedly looking into options for sale of its in vitro diagnostics (IVD) segment. The company’s “review co…
Layoffs at Major Health Plans Slow Processing of Lab Claims
By Virchow | From the Volume XXXI, Number 1 – January 16, 2024 Issue
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Lab News Briefs: Joint Commission, Bon Secours, Anthem, Walmart
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 13 – September 11, 2023 Issue
Joint Commission Looks at Cyberattacks The Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert for hospitals to address cyberattacks. The alert pr…
With Z-codes, Will Other Payers Follow UnitedHealthcare’s Lead?
By Virchow | From the Volume XXX, No. 11 – July 31, 2023 Issue
EDITOR’S NOT…
Siemens Healthineers Plans to Streamline Product Offerings
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 1 – January 3, 2023 Issue
DURING A 15-MONTH STRETCH FROM 2006-2007, Siemens Healthineers spent $14 billion to acquire three competing companies and their various technologies. Today, Siemens is preparing to sunset as many as half of its legacy instruments and assays, whic…
Ravgen Gets $272.5 Million Verdict against Labcorp
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXIX, No. 15 – October 31, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In September, a jury returned a $272.5 million verdict against Labcorp, representing royalties owed to biotech company Ravgen for infringement of its diagnostic genetic test patent. Soon after, Quest Diagnostics settled a similar lawsuit with Ravgen before its tri…
September 19, 2022 Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 13 – September 19, 2022 Issue
Déjà vu? Lawmakers in Congress question whether public health officials have done enough to stay ahead of monkeypox, including the availability of diagnostic tests. Concerns about such testing came up during a Sept. 14 hearing before the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. …
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics to Be Acquired by Quidel
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 1 – January 10, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In an announcement released before the end of 2021, Quidel said it had signed an agreement to acquire Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) for $6 billion. Laboratories that are customers of either company should expect changes after the deal closes as Quidel moves to integr…
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