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Sweden’s Controversial Covid-19 Strategy
Sweden never imposed a strict lockdown to combat Covid-19, unlike most other countries. The only official rules put in place are a ban on gatherings of 50 people or more and a ban on visitors to nursing homes. The nation’s Chief Epidemiologist, Anders Tegnell, MD,...
Encouraging News From Initial Covid-19 Prevalence Studies
Preliminary results from a growing number of antibody prevalence studies indicate that the Covid-19 virus has spread more widely and has a lower fatality rate than previously expected. Stanford University School of Medicine Between 48,000 and 81,000 residents in...
More Testing Needed So Policy Makers Can Make Rational Decisions
Right now, sample collection kit shortages in the United States mean that Covid-19 testing has rightly been focused on the most severe symptomatic patients. But this is skewing our understanding of the virus and its true risks. And policy decisions that will have...
Laboratory Economics Issues Research Report on U.S. Anatomic Pathology Market
The report reveals that the anatomic pathology market (including Pap testing) now represents an estimated $18 billion of revenue with an annual growth rate of 3-4%. All data and trends are fully explained throughout the report, including 10-year historical data and a detailed three-year forecast.
Largest Nursing Home Lab Company Seeks Bankruptcy Reorganization
Trident Holding Company (Sparks, MD), the nation’s largest nursing home lab operator, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in the Southern District of New York on February 11. Trident, which employs 4,500 full-time workers and 660 people part time, provides...
Many Hospital Labs Still Don’t Know They Must Report PAMA Data
On January 22, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted a teleconference that focused on a new rule that requires nearly all hospital outreach labs to collect their private-payer payment data from January 1 to June 30, 2019, and report it to CMS...