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Increasing Profits
Strategic planning needs to evolve over time
February 6, 2020
By Nick Hernandez bio Some of my counterparts have a firm belief that strategic planning is a rigid process which should occur once every three to five years. The process they undertake is often … [Read more...]
FDA Watch
Agency to Use EUA Pathway to Clear New Coronavirus Detection Tests
January 30, 2020
There are no FDA-cleared tests to detect the new 2019-nCoV Wuhan coronavirus. But on Jan. 28, the agency unveiled its strategy to promote the rapid development and availability of safe and effective … [Read more...]
Industry Buzz
Lab Companies Scramble to Bring Coronavirus Detection Tests to Market
January 30, 2020
Along with an urgent public health challenge, the outbreak of the novel 2019-nCoV coronavirus in Wuhan, China, first reported on Dec. 31, has created a strategic opportunity for makers of lab tests. … [Read more...]
Lab Safety
Doing What We’ve Always Done
January 27, 2020
By Dan Scungio bio Scenario: The reference cytology lab has always had limited storage space for supplies and specimens. They use tall wire racks to store the many liquid-based cytology specimen … [Read more...]
GENETIC TESTING
Test Quality: New Study Casts Doubt on Whole Exome Sequencing’s Accuracy in Diagnosing Genetic Disorders
January 24, 2020
Depending on the reporting laboratory, patients who undergo whole exome sequencing may receive false negatives or incomplete test results. That is the finding of a new study published in Clinical … [Read more...]
GENETIC TESTING
FDA Watch: Agency Exempts Dozens of Tests from 510(k) Review
January 24, 2020
On Dec. 30, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final order exempting dozens of Class I and Class II medical devices that previously required 510(k) submission from 510(k) … [Read more...]
Billing & Collections
Finding the “Backdoor” into Payer Networks
January 20, 2020
By Steve Selbst bio I am delighted to be able to share with you a key “secret to success” about payer contracting. Today’s article is about getting in the “backdoor” with payers and complementing … [Read more...]
EMERGING TESTS
Targeted Genetic Risk-Based Prostate Cancer Screening Would Save the Most Lives at the Best Costs: UK Study
January 19, 2020
Targeted screening of men at high genetic risk of the disease could prevent nearly one in six prostate cancer deaths. That is the tantalizing finding of a new computer modeling study led by the … [Read more...]
EMERGING TESTS
Standard Pathology Tests Outperform Molecular Subtyping in Bladder Cancer Tumor Classification
January 19, 2020
The deadliness of muscle invasive bladder cancer has made the development of new diagnostic and treatment methods imperative. One strategy involves the use of molecular genetic testing to subtype … [Read more...]
