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The Dark Report December 13, 2004
  • R. Lewis Dark: TennCare's Collapse and Its Lessons for Labs
  • Change Beneath Surface Marks 2004 Lab Stories
  • British Early-Adopter Labs Respond to New Trends
  • Direct Access Testing Must Serve Consumers
  • Lab IT Update: Less Complex IT Technologies Will Propel Use of The Internet
  • Bar Codes vs. RFID Tags: Labs Will Need Both
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report November 22, 2004
  • R. Lewis Dark: Medicare's New Policy May Help Labs
  • Big Seattle Med Center Adopts "Lean" Methods
  • CA, FL, BC Move Forward With Lab Test Contracts
  • HPV Vaccine Developers Racing to Marketplace
  • Medicare Changes Policy On New Med Procedures
  • Lab Industry Briefs: KEVIN JOHNSON AND VIJAY AGGARWAL JOIN AUREON BIOSCIENCES
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report November 1, 2004
  • R. Lewis Dark: Facing Down the Lab Assay Patent Monster
  • Homocysteine Test Patent Triggers Royalty Payment Demand
  • British Columbia Labs' LOINC Venture Now Carries Pharmacy Info
  • Lab Compliance Update: Physician Group Pathology Ventures to Undergo OIG Reveiw in 2005
  • Part Three of a Series: Aligning Pathologist Productivity With Compensation Can Be Challenging
  • Lab Briefs: Applied Digital's Verichip™, Laboratory Corp. of America
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report October 11, 2004
  • R. Lewis Dark: Hospital Labs Produce Moderate Cost Increases
  • Memphis Pathology Lab Joint Venture Purchased by American Esoteric Labs
  • nbsp;Going, Going, Soon Gone: MDS Is Pulling Out of U.S
  • Lab Crisis Planning: Anatomic Pathology Lab Weathers Florida's Blitz of Hurricanes
  • Part Two of a Series: Measuring Daily Productivity of Pathologists Can Be Complex
  • Lab Briefs: LabOne, Humana, Pathology Reference Services of Maryland
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report September 20, 2004
  • R. Lewis Dark: Making a Difference in Tangible Ways
  • Is Nation's Best Quality Laboratory in Arizona?
  • nbsp;Managed Care Update: Double Digit Increase Predicted For HMO Premiums in 2005
  • IVD Firms Developing New Marketing Channels
  • How Local Pathology Groups Can Keep Patient Access
  • Dark Index: TriPath Imaging and Ventana Sign Major Development Pact
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report August 30, 2004
  • R. Lewis Dark: Raising the Bar on Laboratory Management Skills
  • Florida Labs Face Off With Hurricane Charley
  • ChromaVision Targets National AP Market
  • Oncology's Potential Drives AP Lab Expansion
  • Mayo's Scottsdale Hospital Laboratory Hits Big "Lean" Home Runs
  • Lab Industry Briefs: Cerner Corp. Acquires Gajema Software; Outsourcing Lab Tests To India: Big Dust-up In the United Kingdom
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report August 09, 2004
  • R. Lewis Dark: "Actionable Intelligence" in Real Time
  • Part II: Path Lab Condominiums As a Threat to Pathology
  • LabCorp's Smith Speaks On Path Condo Lab Trend
  • Congress and the OIG: Speedy Action Ahead?
  • Peeking into the Finances Of Pathology Laboratory Condos
  • Pathology Marketplace: Pathology Consultants See In-House AP Trend Unfolding
  • AP Test Over-Utilization Will Be One Achilles' Heel
  • Exposed: Who Created Path Lab Condominium Scheme
  • Visit to a Path Lab Condo Complex: "You Are Not Welcome!"
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The Dark Report July 19, 2004
  • R. Lewis Dark: Two Blockbuster Stories to Rock the Lab Industry!
  • Ex-UroCor Execs Face Criminal Indictments
  • UroCor's Sales Tactics Violated Medicare Laws
  • Lawyer Argues: Urocor Charges Are a Concern
  • Editor's Perspective: Linking UroCor Indictments With Specialist Doc Pathology
  • Urology & GI Physicians Bring Pathology In-House
  • Pathology "Condo Labs" Are New Business Ploy
  • In-House Versus Off-Site: Different Concerns
  • Changing Economics Motivate Urologists & GIs
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report June 7, 2004
  • R. Lewis Dark: Cement Shortage, Oil Prices, and U.S. Healthcare
  • Molecular Diagnostics' "Gap in Expectations"
  • Congress Holds Hearing On Hospital Lab Fiasco
  • Outcomes Update: CalPERS Drops 38 Hospitals From Its Preferred Network
  • Pathologist Activities Evolve In VA's "Paperless" Hospitals
  • Federal Govt. Leading March to Universal EMR
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report May 17, 2004
  • R. Lewis Dark: Preparing for the Medicare-Medicaid Buzz Saw
  • Calif. Medicaid Prepares To Issue Lab Contracts
  • Beckman Loses Auction To Buy Lab-InterLink
  • Molecular Diagnostic Trends: ASCP's "Molecular Pathology" Certification Now Available
  • Baltimore Hosp. Lab Problems Put Spotlight On CAP Inspections
  • Lab Industry Briefs: Health line Clinical Labs, Chromavision, Cytyc-triPath, Quest Diagnostics
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report April 26, 2004
  • R. Lewis Dark: Comparing New Blood and Old Issues
  • New Esoteric Lab Firm Does Two Acquisitions
  • Growing Criticism Hits Maryland General Hospital Laboratory
  • Florida Medicaid Laboratory Bid Gets Slammed by Foes
  • Lab Contracting Fracas In British Columbia
  • Lab Informatics Update: Department of Defense and VA Prepare to Pool Health Data
  • Competitive Bidding: A Growing Threat to Labs
  • Lab Industry Briefs: Specialty Labs, Cytyc, Quest, DadoCytomation, Abbot
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report April 05, 2004
  • R. Lewis Dark: Arguing in Favor of Regional Laboratory Networks
  • MT Contracts HIV & HCV In Hospital Lab Scandal
  • Florida Issues State RFP For Sole Medicaid Lab
  • LabCorp Buys MDS Labs In New York and Georgia
  • Seattle Hospital Lab JVs Involve Quest & LabCorp
  • Pathology & Oncology Update: Welsh Carson Pays $1.14 Billion To Acquire U.S. Oncology, Inc.
  • Dark Index: AmeriPath Reports on 2003, Its First Year as a Private Firm
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report March 15, 2004
  • R. Lewis Dark: Oncology Diagnostics Attracts Big Money
  • IMPATH Has a Buyer: Genzyme Pays $215 Mil
  • New Competitors Line Up In Oncology Marketplace
  • Lab Industry Briefs:
  • Side-by-Side Comparison: U.S. Lab Versus British Lab
  • Dark Index: Public Labs' Year-End Earnings Demonstrate Continued Growth
  • Useful Info at War College On Molecular, Lean, et al
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report February 23, 2004
  • R. Lewis Dark: Diversifying Lab Management's "Gene Pool" of Methods
  • LabOne in Cincinnati: Watch Events Unfold
  • Spectrum Lab Network Expands Into Tennessee
  • Billing & Collections Update: Catholic Hospital in Illinois Loses Tax-Exempt Status
  • New Healthcare Change Cycle Is Opportunity to Fix Problems
  • Price Discount Practices May Prove Troublesome
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report February 2, 2004
  • R. Lewis Dark: When Laboratory Vendors Go Bankrupt
  • LAB-Interlink Hangs On Despite Financial Woes
  • LAB-Interlink Clients Experience Highs & Lows
  • Free of IMPATH, Tamtron Ready For A New Future
  • Web Lab Test Ordering Market Is Increasing
  • More Firms Now Offer Web Lab Info Products
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report January 12, 2004
  • R. Lewis Dark: Is Healthcare Undergoing a Fundamental Shift?
  • Anatomic Path Trends Portend Deep Changes: 8 Trends
  • Offering Molecular Tests Has Surprises & Pitfalls
  • Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
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