By Kelly A. Briganti, Editorial Director, G2 Intelligence
Throughout two and a half days on Capitol Hill, laboratory insiders debated and shared knowledge, insight and concerns about compliance issues, new business challenges and the latest regulatory changes affecting the diagnostic industry, during G2 Intelligence's 33rd Annual Lab Institute (Oct. 14-16). The opening Keynote address from Steven Brill, author of America's Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System, helped set the tone of the conference discussing the rising cost of the American health care system and how…
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By Ron Shinkman, Editor, Laboratory Industry Report
Theranos, the California-based laboratory startup that claims it has revolutionized testing by being able to run assays with just a few drops of blood, came under sharp scrutiny late last week by the Wall Street Journal. Citing former employees and other sources, the newspaper reported that Theranos' Edison platform, was only being used to perform 15 assays, as opposed to…
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By Stephanie Murg, Managing Director, G2 Intelligence
A rapidly changing market is creating more opportunities than it is challenges for laboratory medicine, said Quest Diagnostics President and CEO Steve Rusckowski in a keynote address at the 33rd annual Lab Institute, held October 14-16 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. While emphasizing the need for laboratories to voice their concerns about issues such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Proposed Rule on Provisions in the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA), Rusckowski highlighted the openings created by…
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By Lori Solomon, Editor, Diagnostic Testing & Emerging Technologies
Laboratories must engage patients as more than just the source of needed specimens. Laboratory leaders are well aware of the unprecedented number of evolutionary forces exerting pressure on the industry and are heavily focused on regulatory and reimbursement uncertainties. But, according to multiple presenters at G2's recent Lab Institute conference (Washington, DC; Oct. 14-16) laboratories need to engage increasingly empowered patients and…
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 Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015
(Washington, DC) Arizona State University's International School of Biomedical Diagnostics and G2 Intelligence, a division of Plain Language Media, LLLP, today announced a new research, publishing and distribution alliance to advance the scientific study and real-world commercialization of the diagnostic industry…
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