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Four Health Systems Launch ‘Longitude Health’

Goal is to transform existing business models and improve performance of nation’s health systems

CEO SUMMARY: For the second time in the past 16 months, respected health systems have taken steps to collaborate specifically to advance value-based care. Longitude Health joins Risant Health as the newest attempt to bring together different health systems and foster collaboration and inn...

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State of Whole Genome Sequencing of Newborns

Several statewide pilot programs demonstrate the value of such screening, along with an ROI

CEO SUMMARY: Genetic medicine continues to support advances in precision medicine (or personalized medicine, if you prefer). This is true in pediatrics, where several statewide pilot programs—each involving tens of thousands of newborns—are publishing studies that demonstrate how exom...

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Once Again, Congress Acts to Defer Medicare Lab Fee Cuts

It is the fifth year in a row that Congress passed a law to push back the next round of price cuts

LAST MONTH, CONGRESS ONCE AGAIN DEFERRED MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT CUTS OF UP TO 15% f...

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Allina Doctors Express Concerns after Quest Acquires Lab Outreach

Unusual for physicians to contact the media to discuss problems in lab outreach turnaround times

IN RECENT YEARS, QUEST DIAGNOSTICS AND LABCORP, the two behemoths of the U.S. clinical laboratory market, have been aggressively acquiring lab businesses from health systems across the country. They say that patients and providers will benefit from lower costs and be...

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Federal Cases against Labs Result in Convictions

In recent weeks, Dept. of Justice announced numerous convictions, settlements involving lab fraud

CEO SUMMARY: Over the past 24 months, federal prosecutors have announced a steady parade of criminal convictions, guilty pleas, and settlement agreements involving fraud and clinical laboratory testing. Not only are these cases numerous, but some resolve legal actions initiated by the fed...

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Epic Sued for Antitrust Violations by Small, Start-up Company

Data platform Particle Health filed antitrust lawsuit against Epic after months of disagreements

IT'S BEING CALLED A "DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH" SPAT. Last month, Particle Health of New York City filed an ...

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Physicians Tempted by Lure of In-Office Labs, Payers Balk

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Federal Prosecution of Lab Test Fraud & Abuse

SOMETHING NEW AND DIFFERENT IS HAPPENING WITH THE ENFORCEMENT OF FRAUD AND ABUSE LAWS by the federal Department of Justice (DOJ). The number of cases being filed has increased over recent years. In turn, that means an increase in press releases announcing criminal convictions, guilty pleas, and civil settlements. This development has become apparent over...

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