2020
January 2020
PAMA Reporting Period Delay Is Welcome News For Labs
Lab Execs Share Outlook For 2020
Some Pathology Groups Dropping Contracts With Anthem Blue Cross of California
February 2020
Quest Diagnostics to Buy Memorial Hermann Outreach Lab Business
Enzo Delays Shareholder Meetings; Harbert Files Lawsuit
Medicare CLFS Spending Jumped In 2018
March 2020
UnitedHealthcare Requiring Hospital Outreach Labs To Contract as Independent Reference Labs
Putting the Coronavirus Into Perspective
Projecting Covid-19 Test Volumes
Publicly-Traded Labs Grew by 4.2% in 2019
April 2020
Cleveland Clinic Signs 5-Year Contract with PathAI
MAWD Acquires Boyce & Bynum Pathology
LetsGetChecked to Acquire Veritas Genetics
May 2020
Covid-19 Testing Ramp-Up Slowed By Supply Shortages
Spotlight Interview with Mayo Clinic Labs’ President
William Morice, MD, PhD
Laboratory Economics Covid-19 Survey of Labs
June 2020
Covid-19 Test Volumes Jump
Medicare Sets Good Rates For Covid-19 Testing
Genova Diagnostics To Pay Up To $43 Million To Settle False Claims Lawsuit
July 2020
UHC Hits Texas Pathologists With ~50% Rate Cuts
Progenity Raises $100 Million From IPO
Quest Diagnostics To Take 100% Stake In Mid America Clinical Laboratories
August 2020
Have Covid-19 Test Volumes Peaked?
PC Rates For Key Pathology Services To Get 12% Cut
Medi-Cal Seeks Approval To Slash Lab Rates
September 2020
MedPAC Meeting Should Raise Red Flags For Future Of CLFS Rates
First U.S. Lab Implements AI Solution For Prostate Cancer
Will Genetic Testing Bust Medicare?
October 2020
Covid-19 PCR Tests Reach 1 Million per Day
Genetic Tests Continued To Dominate Medicare Spending Growth In 2019
Lab Stocks Up 50% YTD
November 2020
Covid-19 PCR Test Volumes Hit 1.5 Million Daily; Supply Shortages Impacting non-Covid-19 Testing
Exact Sciences To buy Thrive For $2 Billion
Worldwide Covid-19 Stats
December 2020
Covid-19 PCR Test Volumes hit 2 Million Per Day; Labs Worry About Payment and Potential Audits
Final 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Includes Big Rate Cuts To Pathology Services
Quest Diagnostics Signs New Hospital Lab Deals