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Employer Healthcare Costs Will Rise in 2026
Lab leaders can help companies navigate these increases through testing and cost-saving strategies
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...
After Regaining Outreach, Lab Grows it by $10M
Kootenai Health lamented its outreach setup with a national lab and took those services back in house
CEO SUMMARY: In this case study, Kootenai Health in Idaho explains how taking back lab outreach services from a commercial lab company can improve physician satisfaction, enhance patient care, and increase revenue. Although the transition was bumpy, within two years of bri...
Could AI Oversight in Labs Fall Under a CLIA Model?
A CLIA-style system might allow labs to develop artificial intelligence tools internally
CEO SUMMARY: Clinical AI is advancing faster than regulation, creating risk for medical labs. An expert discusses using CLIA to oversee development and ensure safety, performance, and accountability while complementing FDA oversight. Lab leaders face regulatory uncertainty...
New Study Underscores Prevalence of Scientific Fraud
So-called paper mills push low-quality research manuscripts to complicit editors as part of scheme
Pathologists and other laboratory professionals rely on peer-reviewed research to keep up with the latest developments in their specialties. They do so with the expectation that medical journals are upholding high standards of scientific rigor and transparency. I...
After SALSA Hits a Wall, New RESULTS Act Steps In
Advocates say they needed a more straightforward approach to present to lawmakers
Upon reading the briefing in the last issue about the Reforming and Enhancing Sustainable Updates to Laboratory Testing Services (RESULTS) Act, someof our members may have wondered,“What happened to SALSA?” SALSA, more formally known as the...
Lumea’s Digital Pathology Success Lands It on Inc. 5000
The list tracks the fastest growing private companies of 2025, including 400+ in healthcare
Digital pathology company Lumea was perhaps the most notable entry from the clinical laboratory world to make it onto the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing private companies in America in 2025. Lumea placed mid-pack at No. 2,468 ...
National Lab Company Briefs
Quest, Labcorp Push Alzheimer’s Test Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp are now offering Fujirebio’s Lumipulse test, the first Food and Drug Administration-cleared blood-based assay for con...
Observing a Champion ... and Some Antagonists
Judging from the briefings we present in this issue, a “cheers and jeers” column seems an appropriate u...
Don’t Be at the Mercy of the Tumultuous Healthcare Revolution
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Volume XXXII, No. 14 – October 6, 2025
The Dark Report examines increasing healthcare costs for employers and how clinical labs can help those employers. Also, an in-depth case study shows how one hospital system regained its outreach program after originally ceding it to a national lab company, adding millions to the system’s bottom line.
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