2019
January 2019
Lab Execs Share Outlook for 2019
Quest Continues Cost-Cutting and Efficiency Initiatives
UnitedHealthcare Preferred Lab Network To Launch July 1
February 2019
LabCorp Buying DMC Outreach Lab
Many Hospital Labs Still Don’t Know They Must Report PAMA Data
UnitedHealthcare’s New Preferred Lab Network Taking Aim At High-Cost Hospital Labs
March 2019
CMS Issues Quidance On Pama Reporting
Largest Nursing Home Lab Company Seeks Bankruptcy Reorganization
Survey Says “Lack of Respect” Leads to Pathologist Burnout
April 2019
More Inclusive PAMA Reporting Is Top Priority At ACLA Meeting
What Kind of Company is 23AndMe
DMC Cancels Deal To Sell Outreach Lab To LabCorp
May 2019
United’s Preferred Lab Network Has No Teeth
Anthem BCBS “Rate Alignment” Means Big Cuts For Some Pathology Services
Public Lab CEOs Paid Average of $4 Million
June 2019
Debt Collection Company Hack May Affect 20+ Million Patients
Starups Racing To Bring AI-Based Pathology Tools To Market
Alverno Labs Starts Move to 100% Digital Pathology
July 2019
New Bill Calls For 1-Year Delay In PAMA Reporting
Northwell Health Leads In Growth Among Large Hospital-Owned Labs
AMCA Files For Bankruptcy After Massive Data Hack
August 2019
ACLA Wins Appeals Court Decision; HHS Likely To Request Rehearing
Technical Rates for Many Pathology Services To Get Small Boost Under Proposed MPFS
Three Genomics Labs Raise $573 Million From IPOs
September 2019
LE Interviews The Notorious Chris Riedel
PathGroup Buys Southeastern Pathology Associates
Former Quest Pathologists Open New Laboratory
October 2019
Anthem Makes Some Small Concessions In “Rate Alignment” Strategy
Primary Care Docs Likely To Get More At Expense Of Pathologists And Other Specialists In 2021
Florida Cancer Specialists Opens Expanded Pathology Lab
November 2019
United Adds Teeth To Preferred Lab Network
Pathology Rates Will See Little Change Next year, But Significant Cuts Scheduled For 2021
Trident Pays $8.5M To Settle Kickback Allegations; Emerges From Bankruptcy Reorganization
December 2019
Can The Next PAMA Survey Be Stopped?
Non-Reporting Hospital Outreach Labs At Risk Of Huge PAMA Penalties
Labs in Quandary With EKRA Ban On Commissions Still in Effect