Staffing: 2024’s Biggest Lab Operations Challenge
ADLM president Anthony Killeen looks at labs’ staffing struggles in 2024 and what can be done to alleviate them in the coming year
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Digital Pathology and AI: Now and in 2025
Experts Nathan Buchbinder and Julianna Ianni discuss digital pathology and AI trends in 2024—and what the next year may hold
Clinical Lab Data: Unlocking Profit Potential for Health Systems
How labs can better use their valuable data and highlight that data’s benefits to the health systems they serve
FDA Re-Opens Pre-Submission Requests for Non-COVID-19 IVD Tests
The agency is once more accepting pre-submissions for all in vitro diagnostic tests, not just those for COVID-19.
Quest and Color Health Join CDC to Promote Equitable COVID-19 Testing
In July, ICATT took a major step toward equitable access to testing by enlisting two of the country’s leading COVID-19 PCR test providers.
Fate of Illumina’s Grail Acquisition Remains Very Much in Doubt
It’s beginning to look like Illumina’s roll of the dice is going to come up snake eyes regarding the potential acquisition.
Surprise Billing Rules Would Give Private Health Plans Advantage in Disputes
The way the No Surprises Act is implemented would essentially allow private health plans to set out-of-network rates in billing disputes.
FDA to Continue Remote Regulatory Assessments after Pandemic Ends
Meant to be temporary, remote regulatory assessments proved so successful that the agency will not only continue, but expand their use.
COVID-19 Test Profits Make Labs Potential Target for Public Backlash
Independent labs accrued a profit of at least $10 on each PCR COVID-19 test performed in the period from May to December 2020, study says.
Becton Dickinson, Cepheid Unveil Monkeypox PCR Test Collaborations
Some of the lab industry’s biggest players are teaming up to develop new monkeypox diagnostics in response to the current outbreak.
DOJ Enforcers Turn Up Heat on Healthcare Private Equity Fund Deals
A hostile government policy has done little to slow consolidation of independent medical practices and hospitals.
Bill to Regulate LDTs Advances, but Is No Slam Dunk for Final Passage
Now that the finishing touches have been put on LDT-related legislation, what is the likelihood that it will pass?
BioMérieux and Sema4 Complete Strategic Acquisitions
Two of the biggest merger and acquisition-related deals that came down in May involved BioMérieux and Sema4
