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Change Health Cyberattack Breaches PHI Here at TDR!
Labs should be on the alert for attempts to use the PHI of employees and their lab organization
CEO SUMMARY: It was Feb. 21 when cybercriminals attacked Change Healthcare’s claims processing systems. On April 22, UnitedHealth Group issued a statement that PHI for “a substantial proportion of people in America” was breached. We believe the PHI of our employees and T...
Wisc. Diagnostic Lab’s Alternative Staff Solutions
College students and recent graduates learn the lab while working toward MLS ASCP certification
CEO SUMMARY: Even as clinical laboratories and pathology groups around the nation cope with a sustained shortage of qualified staff, the team at Wisconsin Medical Laboratories has successfully kept staffing at 96% of authorized levels. One effective strategy they use is to go into the com...
UnitedHealth Group Faces DOJ Antitrust Probe
Nation’s largest health insurer faces challenges on several fronts, with implications for clinical labs
CEO SUMMARY: Recent events have not been kind to UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries UnitedHealthcare and Optum. In February, just as UHG’s Change Healthcare division was hit with a major cyberattack that disrupted billions of dolla...
Congressional Subcommittee Hears Testimony on FDA LDT Rule
Lab industry stakeholders warn members of Congress about the flaws in the FDA’s plan to regulate LDTs
DURING A MARCH 21 HEARING CONVENED by the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommitt...
Payer Contracts with Labs: Getting the Contract Is Just the Start
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Labcorp to Acquire Only Certain Lab Assets of OPKO’s BioReference
Transaction gives Labcorp specific lines of business, BioReference keeps its New York/New Jersey labs
Following Labcorp’s announcement that it will acquire “select assets” of BioR...
Artificial Intelligence and Executive War College
By the time you read this our 29th annual Executive War College on Diagnostics, Laboratory, and Pathology Management...
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Laboratory managers will want to note that The Dark Report itself was targeted by the fraudsters who hit Change Health in a cyberattack. Also, one lab has some innovative methods of combatting the chronic staffing shortage, including hiring college graduates and students.
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