How Consumers Shape Modern Laboratory Outreach

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, No. 1 – January 3, 2023 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Each of the different generations engaging with clinical laboratory outreach programs brings their own set of expectations to a blood draw. Innovative hospital lab outreach programs should serve these differences by offering multiple options to provide appointment conve…

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2022’s Top 10 Lab Stories Confirm Challenging Times

By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXIX, No. 17 – December 12, 2022 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: There are valuable insights to be gleaned from The Dark Report’s “Top 10 Lab Industry Stories for 2022.” Several of this year’s story picks involve external forces reshaping healthcare in the United States in profound ways. Other story picks for 2022 illustrate …

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Telemedicine Firms Offer Home Phlebotomy Service

By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXIX, No. 13 – September 19, 2022 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Telemedicine provider Teladoc Health has announced new services for certain primary care customers that include at-home phlebotomy appointments. The move is evidence of the consumer demand for increased convenience and flexibility in their healthcare. Scarlet Health, a …

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Attorney Advises Labs to Track Genetic Test LCDs

By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXIX, No. 13 – September 19, 2022 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Skyrocketing numbers of genetic test referrals and telehealth claims since 2016 are getting the full attention of both federal prosecutors and auditors from Medicare and private health insurers. The DOJ has filed criminal cases against a growing number of telehealth pro…

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Innovation Showcased at Executive War College

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 7 – May 16, 2022 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: This year’s Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management proved to be a high-energy event. A record 900 attendees showed up and responded enthusiastically to visions and predictions of a post-COVID-19 healthcare system that hungers for large volumes of…

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New Trends Reshaping Healthcare, Lab Testing

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 4 – March 14, 2022 Issue

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March 14, 2022 Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 4 – March 14, 2022 Issue

Telehealth proved to be popular with Medicare patients during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The federal U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reported telehealth visits for Medicare beneficiaries increased in 2020 by an incredible 63 times—from approximately 840,000 in 2019 to 52.7 m…

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Primary Care’s Shift to Telehealth and Pharmacies

By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 14 – October 18, 2021 Issue

Primary care patients are a major source of lab test referrals to the nation’s clinical laboratories. Until recent years, the typical primary care clinic was located in or near the medical campus of the local hospital and was probably owned by the doctors who staffed the clinic….

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July 26, 2021 Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 10 – July 26, 2021 Issue

Intermountain Healthcare of Salt Lake City announced that it plans to close 25 of its 26 retail pharmacies as early as next month. It cited declining business and a new business arrangement with CVS Health, the national pharmacy chain. Daron Crowley, Intermountain’s media relations di…

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Millennials’ Healthcare Demands Will Be Radically Different from Others

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 6 – May 3, 2021 Issue

This is an excerpt of a 1.620-word article in the May 3, 2021 issue of  THE DARK REPORT (TDR). The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group. CEO SUMMARY: In just 42 months, Millennials will make up 75% of the workforce, according to U.S. Department of Co…

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