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Steep Sentence Underscores Scrutiny of Genetic Testing
The sentencing tied to a $522 million genetic testing fraud scheme is more than just the latest fraud headline for clinical laboratory professionals. Instead, it serves as another warning that federal scrutiny surrounding genetic testing is continuing and unlikel…
Direct-to-Consumer Clinical Laboratory Testing is Booming
As part of the ongoing and expanding healthcare direct-to-consumer (DTC) wellness trend, DTC laboratory testing is on the rise. It is driven by increasing at-home care, effective and affordable telehealth approaches, and significantly more convenient sampling and…
Lab Specimen Logistics Reach into the Home
Simple, at-home collection of blood samples could go a long way toward improving the patient experience while creating new opportunities for clinical laboratories. But it also presents unique logistical challenges as labs find themselves operating in a more consu…
Employer Healthcare Costs Will Rise in 2026
CEO SUMMARY: Private employers face the highest increase in health benefit costs per employee since 2010. Advances in therapeutics, including popular obesity drugs, and increased utilization are among the culprits. Savvy clinical laboratories will recognize the opportunity…
Lab Market Fragmenting, Creating New Opportunities
CEO SUMMARY: Even as consolidation continues in the ownership of hospitals, health systems, office-based physicians, and clinical laboratories, there is a powerful trend of fragmentation quietly transforming the way providers—including clinical labs and pathology groups—serve patient…
Is Mobile Phlebotomy a Timely Service to Offer Health Plans?
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How Consumers Shape Modern Laboratory Outreach
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…
2022’s Top 10 Lab Stories Confirm Challenging Times
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 …
Telemedicine Firms Offer Home Phlebotomy Service
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 …
Attorney Advises Labs to Track Genetic Test LCDs
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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Volume XXXIII, No. 9 – July, 2026
Newsmaker Interview with Revvity’s Yves Dubaquie > How Specialty Diagnostic Tests Connect with Lab Customers: In this exclusive Q&A, Revvity’s Yves Dubaquie provides details about the in vitro diagnostics company’s priorities, including developing specialty tests and reviewing its business in China. Dubaquie also explains why clinical laboratories may need to consider hiring more technology-savvy workers in the future as the complexity of instruments grows.
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