2017
January 2017
Could Lab Copay Issue Re-Emerge in 2017?
Texas Pathologists Seek to Delay BeaconLBS
Labcorp to Buy Mount Sinai’s Outreach Labs
February 2017
United/Labcorp/BeaconLBS Won the War in Florida, Will They Win in Texas?
Sonic Forms Lab Joint Venture in Connecticut
Quest Signs Deal With Montefiore Hospital System
March 2017
Labcorp to Buy PAML, Quest to Buy Peacehealth Labs, Extended FTC Antitrust Review Likely
Northwell Health Investing $100+ Million to Build Two New Central Labs
Poplar to Buy Bankrupt Bostwick Labs
April 2017
Labs Get Extra 60 Days to Report PAMA Data, Call For One-Year Delay For New Rates
Quest, Labcorp Sued For Allegedly Overcharging Patients
BCBS of North Carolina Rolls Out Lab Benefit Management Program
May 2017
Public Lab CEOs Paid Average $3.1 Million
Common Pathology Practice Billing Errors (And How to Avoid Them!)
Billing Strategies For Out-Of-Network Labs
June 2017
PAMA Data Reporting Deadline Fuels Fears of Skewed Lab Test Payment
United to Require Prior Authorization For Genetic and Molecular Testing
Evicore to Pay $54 Million to Settle False Claims Suit Over Prior Authorizations
July 2017
Prostate Biopsies Slammed Again In Medicare Proposed Fees For 2018
Anthem Starts Pre-Authorization Program For Genetic Tests
Konica To Buy Ambry Genetics For $1 Billion
August 2017
CMS Officials Say They Are On Schedule With Medicare Lab Test Repricing
Quest Likely to Regain UnitedHealthcare Contract in 2018
In-Office Pathology Targets Flow Cytometry
September 2017
Lab Industry Braces For New CLFS Based On Private-Payer Rate
How Low Could Medicare Rates Go?
United Prices BeaconLBS to Help Manage National Prior Authorization Program
October 2017
Top 10 Unintended Consequences If PAMA Rate Cuts Are Finalized
C21 Members To Get Rate Hikes Under Proposed CLFS For 2018
Quest Diagnostics To Buy Shiel Medical Laboratory
November 2017
CMS Gets An Earful From Thousands Of Labs Opposing PAMA Implementation
Big Rate Cuts Finalized For Prostate Biopsies & Flow Cytometry
Quest Diagnostics To Buy Cleveland HeartLab
December 2017
ACLA Lawsuit Seeks PAMA “Do Over”
How Will the PAMA Cuts Affect Your Lab in 2018?
ATP Loophole Will Help Offset PAMA Cuts