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Rick VanNess
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…
RCM Automation Helps Lab Manage Billing Headaches
CEO SUMMARY: In an era where it is widely suspected that private payers are using artificial intelligence to review and deny diagnostic test claims, Southwest Labs in New Mexico decided to fight back. The organization worked with RCM firm Wuscott to figure out why claims w…
Lab Data Crucial to Insurer Risk Adjustment Models
CEO SUMMARY: Payers who use risk adjustment models as part of Medicare Advantage need diagnostic data that helps them document ICD-10 diagnoses that earn them higher premium payments for sicker pat…
Solutions to Lab Staffing, Supply, Revenue Problems
CEO SUMMARY: Responding to requests from numerous lab managers, The Dark Report is organizing a one-and-a-half-day program that will come to your city. Workshop leaders are from labs su…
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Volume XXXIII, No. 4 – March 23, 2026
A federal court ruling has established a safe harbor for clinical labs when they run tests ordered by physicians. Lab leaders should examine this briefing for pitfalls. Also, it turns out that providers may be ordering inappropriate vitamin D tests, according to one expert.
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