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Diagnostic Deals: A Roundup of the Key Mergers, Acquisitions, Alliances, Licenses and Other Strategic Transactions From the Past Month
From – Laboratory Industry Report
Mid-May to mid-June was the busiest period of the year for diagnostic deal making in terms of both volume and magnitude. Here is…
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How to Adjust to the April 2018 Medicare Beneficiary Cards
By Sean McSweeney bio
In a press release on May 30, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) commented regarding their fraud prevention initiative program and their planned changes regarding…
OIG Semiannual Report: Opioid Crackdown Is Making Labs a Prime Enforcement Target Once Again
From – G2 Compliance Advisor
Once the favorite whipping boy of federal enforcers, labs have been demanding less and less of the OIG’s attention in recent years. But the newly published…
Lack of Utility Evidence Still Hampers Adoption of Pharmacogenomic Testing: Benefits Seen in the Field of Psychiatry
From – Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies
For years it had been hoped that pharmacogenetic (PGx) testing would be a leading application for personalized medicine…
Whole-Genome Sequencing Can Improve Blood Transfusion Matches
From – Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies
Antigen typing based on whole-genome sequencing (WGS) can enable more precise matching of blood transfusions, according to a study published online May 17 in…
Case of the Month: Individual Principles Hit with $114.1 Million Verdict for Role in HDL Blood Test Fraud
From – National Intelligence Report
Roughly three years ago at this time, mega-scandals were in the news featuring diagnostic giants like Millennium, Health Diagnostic Laboratory (HDL), Biodiagnostic Laboratory Service and…