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The Dark Report 21-Dec-1998
  • R. Lewis Dark: Predicting The Impact Of "Disruptive Technology"
  • Luminex Offers Clinical Laboratories A New Performance Model
  • "Disruptive Technology" Soon To Affect Clinical Laboratories
  • Story Update: AmeriPath Achieves Resolution In Its Medicare Dispute
  • In Mega-HMO Deal, Aetna And Prudential To Merge
  • Lab Network Movement Alive, If Not Thriving
  • The Dark Index: Third Quarter Lab Financials

The Dark Report 30-Nov-1998

  • R. Lewis Dark: What's Next For Regional Laboratory Networks
  • Health Insurance Costs Begin New Upwatd Spiral
  • Medicare Refund Request Issued To AmeriPath, Inc.
  • Analysis & Insight: PPM Giant MedPartners Exits Doctor Management
  • Washington's PacLab Network Succeeds With Standardization
  • The Dark Index: Improved 3rd Quarter Posted By Natiohal Laboratories
  • Intelligence: late Breaking Lab News
The Dark Report 9-Nov-1998
  • R. Lewis Dark: When Managers Make Decision
  • Kaiser, SBCL To Automate Pap Smear Screening
  • Kaiser Plans Widespread Use For Pap Techology
  • SBCL Makes System-Wide Commitment to AutoPap
  • PathSOURCE Is Newest Pathology Consolidator
  • Lab Specialists Acquired By Kroll-O'Gara Company
  • Bankruptcy Court Okays Unilab's Offer For Meris
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
The Dark Report 19-Oct-1998
  • RDL: People Make The Difference
  • Kaiser, SBCL To Automate Pap Smear Screening
  • SBCL Inks National Pact With Aetna US Healthcare
  • SmithKline's Strategies Now Delivering Benefits
  • UroCor's Sles Team Continues To Achieve New Sales Milestones
  • Washington State's PacLab Network Is A Regional Winner
  • Analysis & Insight: Pathology PPMs Unlike Most Other PPM Firms
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
The Dark Report 28-Sep-1998
  • R. Lewis Dark: Consolidation: Threat Or Opportunity?
  • Bayer Acquires Chiron In Consolidation Move
  • Chiron Is Biotech Firn, Respected For Innovation
  • AutoCyte Moves One Step Closer To FDA Approval
  • Healthcare Trends: Curse Of Consolidation Plaues Health Providers
  • Pathologists Will Learn Income-Boosting Methods
  • UniLab's Bid To Buy Meris Will Shake Up California
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
The Dark Report 8-Sep-1998
  • R. Lewis Dark: Pathology, Clin Labs, parmacogenomics & PPMs
  • Pharmacogenomics Is The Coming Wave
  • Genetic Testing Almost Accepted In The Marketplace
  • DIANON Systems Shoots At UroCor, Makes Unwelcome Offer
  • Veterans Administration Network Resturctures Using Partnering, Telepathology
  • Analysis & Insight: Problems In PPM Industry Affect Patholgoy PPMs
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
The Dark Report 17-Aug-1998
  • R. Lewis Dark: Gloom And Doom Versus Optimism
  • United Healthcare's Big Losses Derail Merger With Humana
  • "Corporatized" Healthcare Encountering Big Losses
  • AACC Convention Exhibits Point To New Lab Trends
  • Blunt Talk From HMO Blue's Ancillary Contracts Manager
  • Laboratory Briefs: AccuMed, AutoCyte, Cytuc, MorphoMetrix, Neuromedical, NeoPath
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
The Dark Report 27-Jul-1998
  • R. Lewis Dark: Time For Lab Managers & Pathologists To Innovate
  • Universal Standard Sells Lab Business To LabCorp
  • Sale of UHCI Lab Division Mirrors Market Direction
  • Laboratory Briefs: Montreal Laboratory Consolidation, LabCorp
  • How Nichols Institute Introduced ISO 9001 Mnaagement System
  • No Pathologists In Biggest Hospital-Based Physician PPM
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
The Dark Report 6-Jul-1998
  • R. Lewis Dark: Are Pathologists The Next "Fish In The Barrel?"
  • Nichols Institute Earns ISO 9001 Certification
  • Expect ISO 9000 To Alter Clinical Lab Management
  • Exclusive Interview-Part Two of Two Parts: Unrealized Gains Targeted By Premier's Laboratory Initiative
  • Hospital System Rankings: Ten Largest For-Profit & Not-For-Profit Hospital Systems
  • MedPartners To Divest Hospital-Based Physician Unit
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
The Dark Report 15-Jun-1998
  • R. Lewis Dark: Executive War College Goes International
  • Private Consortium Plans To Decode Human Genes
  • Premier Explains Reasons It Sees Laboratory As Strategic
  • Premier Executive John Biggers Discusses Reasons For Laboratory Initiative
  • Humana, Inc. Acquired By United Healthcare
  • Managed Care Trends: HMOs Planning Double Digit Premium Increases For 1999
  • The Dark Index: "Disease Management" Firms, Niche Labs Release Financials
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
The Dark Report 26-May-1998
  • R. Lewis Dark: Serendipity Or Response To Market Forces?
  • Premier & Quest Diagnostics Devise New Service Arrangement
  • New Alliance Is Example Of Coming Paradigm Shift
  • AutoPap System Cleared For Primary Screening
  • Hospital Lab-Commercial Lab Partnering is Coming Trend
  • Substance Abuse Testing Gains Increasing Favor
  • The Dark Index: Unilab & LabOne Demonstrate Improved Revenues And Profits
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
The Dark Report 4-May-1998
  • R. Lewis Dark: Where Do We Go From Here?
  • A Fable For Our Times: Lab Industry's Golden Era
  • Commercial Laboratory Values Validated By Several Sales
  • Public Laboratory Rankings
  • 1997 LIS Sales Rankings Topped By Cerner, LabSoft
  • Lab Industry Briefs: SmithKline, AmeriPath, Quest, Tenet
  • The Dark Index: National Labs Show Improved Finances For First Quarter 1998
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
The Dark Report 13-Apr-1998
  • R. Lewis Dark: Doctors, Hospitals & HMOs Take Their Turn
  • Bio-Reference Laboratories Buys New York-Based MediLabs
  • HMOs Abandon Medicaid In Several Eastern States
  • American Pathology Resources Bought By Pathology PPM
  • Selling A Pathology Practice: Do's, Don'ts & Pitfalls to Avoid
  • Pathology PPM Appears Ready To Hit Marketplace
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
The Dark Report 23-Mar-1998
  • R. Lewis Dark: Regionalization And Consolidation Continue
  • Tennessee Lab Network In Start-Up Preparations
  • MTHN Provides Lessons In Creating Lab Networks
  • Selling A Pathology Practice Requires Knowledge, Savvy & Good Timing
  • Innovative Management Ideas Theme Of Executive War College
  • Big Loss At MedPartners, Aetna Buys NY Life Unit
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
The Dark Report 2-Mar-1998
  • R. Lewis Dark: Consumer Choice Decimates HMO Business Plan
  • 1998's Movers & Shakers Go Beyond Ordinary
  • DIANON Systems Acquires Pathology Lab In Florida
  • Pathology Competitors make Florida The Target
  • Kaiser Reports Huge Loss, Many HMOs Losing Money
  • Catholic Health West, Tenet Form Joint Venture
  • Lab Briefs: AmeriPath, SmithKline, Unilab, IMPATH, LabOne, Prudential/SBCL
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
The Dark Report 9-Feb-1998
  • R. Lewis Dark: Rate of Change Follows a Geometric Curve
  • Automated Pap Screening Gets Recommendation
  • Neuromedical's PapNet® Undergoing Enhancement
  • Automated Cytology Technology To Come Into Its Own in 191998
  • SmithKline May Merge with Glaxo Wellcome
  • 3rd Annual War College Highlights Managed Care
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
The Dark Report 19-Jan-1998
  • R. Lewis Dark: Small is Beautiful
  • 30-Hospital Laboratory Contract Inked by Tenet & SBCL
  • Consider Tenet-SBCL Deal As Timely Wake-Up Call
  • Viewpoints: A Healthcare Crisis Which Doesn't Exist
  • Market Forces Cause Detroit's Lab Network to Launch Operations
  • New Pathology PPM Hits Competitive Marketplace
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News

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