By Robert Michel, from the Volume XXV No. 17 – December 3, 2018 issue
IN RECENT DAYS, RUMORS HAVE SURFACED that UnitedHealthcare has begun to terminate the contracts it holds with a number of regional and non-national clinical laboratories.
This news surfaced just as The Dark Report went to press. Given its importance to the clinical laboratory industry, we wanted to alert lab executives and pathologists to this development as
By Mary Van Doren, from the Volume XXIV, No. 7 – May 15, 2017 issue
This is an excerpt from an 850-word article in the May 15, 2017, issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete article is available for a limited time to all readers, and available at all times to paid members of the Dark Intelligence Group.
CEO SUMMARY: There are few places and times where a broad cross-section of
By R. Lewis Dark, from the Volume XXIV, No. 5 – April 3, 2017 issue
CLINICAL LABORATORIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES ARE BRACING for what Medicare officials say will be fee cuts of $400 million in 2018 alone, followed by additional cuts that will total $5.4 billion over 10 years.
Of great concern to community laboratories, small and rural hospitals, and physician office laboratories is that the federal Centers for Medicare
By Cate Prato, from the Volume XXIV, No. 3 – February 21, 2017 issue
This is an excerpt from a 1,471-word article in the February 21, 2017, issue of THE DARK REPORT. The complete article is available for a limited time to all readers, and available at all times to paid members of the Dark Intelligence Group.
CEO SUMMARY: In Oregon, one of the nation’s more successful and long-established health system
By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XXIV, No. 3 – February 21, 2017 issue
CEO SUMMARY: In Oregon, one of the nation’s more successful and long-established health system outreach laboratories will cease to exist following its sale to Quest Diagnostics Incorporated. The seller explained that the Medicare Part B price cuts coming as a result of the PAMA market price reporting rule would result in a 20% revenue decline
By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XXIII, No. 2 - February 8, 2016 issue
CEO SUMMARY: By now, most pathologists and clinical laboratory administrators recognize that effective use of information technology will be a critical success factor as healthcare systems transform to do population health management and to use “big data” with value-based payment models. As the provider of laboratory information systems to hundreds of the nation’s major hospitals,
By Robert Michel, from the Volume XXI NO. 13 - September 22, 2014 issue
Dear Editor:
I read your two articles on Theranos in the August 11 issue of THE DARK REPORT, and concur in large part with your thoughtful conclusions.
For several years, I have closely followed Theranos and have been quoted in trade publications speaking favorably on Theranos and its relationship with Walgreens. Originally, I was attracted to the
By Robert Michel, from the Volume XX No. 17 - December 23, 2013 issue
Saudi Arabia is the second country to embark on the goal of sequencing 100,000 human genomes. Earlier this month, the Saudi Human Genome Program was announced. Funding for the program, expected to take five years, will be provided by the Saudi Arabian national science agency. The first country to declare this goal was the United
By R. Lewis Dark, from the Volume XVI No. 2 - February 2, 2009 issue
IN BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, LAST WEEK to participate at the Frontiers in Laboratory Medicine (FiLM) conference, Editor Robert Michel picked up an interesting theme that connects to current laboratory events here in the United States.
“General practice (GP) clinics in England are establishing electronic medical record (EMR) systems as a preliminary step toward the goal of a
By R. Lewis Dark, from the Volume XV No. 13 - September 29, 2008 issue
LAST WEEK, MORE THAN 300 ENTHUSIASTIC LAB AND HOSPITAL PROFESSIONALS from 11 different countries around the globe crowded into Atlanta for the Second Annual Lab Quality Confab. They were gathered to hear the latest success stories and breakthroughs in how laboratories and hospitals are using quality management methods like Lean and Six Sigma.
If anyone remains
