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November 4, 2019 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel, from the Volume XXVI No. 14 – October 14, 2019 issue

Pharmacogenetic testing is gaining acceptance by a growing number of health insurers. On Oct. 1, UnitedHealthcare (UHC) began coverage of genetic tests that help physicians identify the anti-depressant drugs most likely to benefit their patients. UHC’s policy also extends coverage to multi-gene testing for antipsychotic drugs. In writing about this decision, www.clinicalomics.com said, “UnitedHealthcare’s policy

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September 3, 2019 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel, from the Volume XXVI No. 12 – September 3, 2019 issue

Two more clinical laboratory organizations that used American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) to handle their lab test claims announced in July that their patients’ data was breached. Inform Diagnostics of Irving, Texas, disclosed that the data of 173,716 patients was compromised. Within days of that announcement, CompuNet Clinical Laboratories of Moraine, Ohio, stated that about 110,000

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August 12, 2019 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel, from the Volume XXVI No. 11 – August 12, 2019 issue

Add eight more laboratories to the list of lab companies whose patient data were breached when the American Medical Collection Agency was hacked. According to HealthITSecurity, in recent weeks, these labs reported breaches of their patient records:

Natera
American Esoteric Labs
CBLPath
South Texas Dermatopathology
Seacoast Pathology
Arizona Dermatopathology
Laboratory of Dermatopathology ADX

November 13, 2018 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel, from the Volume XXV No. 16 – November 13, 2018 issue

In recent weeks, Apple signed agreements with the nation’s two largest lab companies to make their lab test data available on Apple’s Health Record app. Laboratory Corporation of America was first to announce its agreement with Apple on Oct. 29. Quest Diagnostics issued its press release about its pact with Apple on Nov. 8. Apple says that

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Biggest IVD Manufacturers Report Robust Third Quarter Earnings

By Robert Michel, from the Volume XXV No. 15 – October 22, 2018 issue

In a time of shrinking lab budgets and falling prices for lab tests in the United States, how are the larger in vitro diagnostic (IVD) manufacturers doing? A look at third-quarter financial reports provides useful insights as to which segments within the IVD industry are doing better than others.

In alphabetical order, here’s a quick snapshot

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September 10, 2018 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel, from the Volume XXV No. 13 – September 10, 2018 issue

News that a laboratory’s courier truck was high-jacked in broad daylight with patient specimens aboard puts the spotlight on whether the security practices labs use to protect drivers, vehicles, and the patient specimens they may be carrying are adequate. On Aug. 3 in Durham, N.C., a driver of a courier vehicle owned by Laboratory Corporation of

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August 20, 2018 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel, from the Volume XXV No. 12 – August 20, 2018 issue

There is a new sector in the clinical laboratory industry. It is called “global direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic health testing” by Kalorama Information, a market research firm based in Rockville, Md. In a recent report, Kalorama says this sector is comprised of the direct-to-consumer genetic tests which are initiated by the consumer, meaning that the consumer decides

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July 9, 2018 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel, from the Volume XXV No. 10 – July 9, 2018 issue

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center of Wake Forest, N.C., has been notified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in a letter dated June 15, that it is back in compliance with Medicare Conditions of Participation. Earlier this year, following inspection of the hospital and its anatomic pathology department, federal and state officials identified

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June 18, 2018 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel, from the Volume XXV No. 9 – June 18, 2018 issue

In New Jersey last week, David Nicoll, 44, the former owner of Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services (BLS) of Parsippany, N.J. was sentenced to 72 months in a federal prison. On the same day, his brother, Scott Nicoll, 37, who also worked at BLS, was sentenced to 43 months in prison. Both had previously pled guilty to U.S.

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January 22, 2018 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel, from the Volume XXV, No. 2 – January 22, 2018 issue

In a first for Australia, a pathology lab was given authorization to use patient-collected cervical specimens from eligible women for cervical cancer screening purposes. VCS Pathology of Melbourne, Victoria, was given this authorization by Australia’s National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA). Other pathology labs in Australia are expected to be granted similar authorization in coming

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