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The Dark Report December 18, 2006
  • R. Lewis Dark: Healthcare Accelerates Its Pace of Change
  • Sonic Pays $180 Million In Acquisition of AEL
  • Technology Update: Product Cuts Claim Denials, Boosts Payment from Insurers
  • 2006's Top Lab Stories Identify New Threats
  • Acute Histotech Shortage Grows Across the USA
  • Pathologist Is on Board Of Central Florida RHIO
  • Global Lab Trends: There is Steady Convergence In Lab Operations Worldwide
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report November 27, 2006
  • R. Lewis Dark: Proving that Pathology's Popular Wisdom Is Wrong
  • New & Stefanelli Launch Anatomic Path Venture
  • Labs Need Response to Physicians' Use of EMR
  • Pathologist Builds General Path Business From Office Lab
  • Acute Histotech Shortage Grows Across the USA
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report November 6, 2006
  • R. Lewis Dark: Pathology Lets the Oncology Cat Out of the Bag
  • Payer Sues Pathologists For Clin Path Fee Refund
  • Molecular Diagnostics Update: Ventana & Cytyc Fall Short, Danaher Wins the Prize
  • Doctors' Income Survey Includes Pathologists
  • Identity Theft Update: Medical Identity Theft Is Twist On Identity Theft Crime Wave
  • Docs' Pricing, Outcomes Available to the Public
  • Lab Trends In Canada Run Ahead of U.S.A.
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report October 16, 2006
  • R. Lewis Dark: Blood Brothers Prepare to Go to the Mat
  • United Health: Quest Is "Out" LabCorp Is "In"
  • Evolving Strategy Guides American Esoteric Labs
  • News Interview: LabCorp Exec Discusses Reasons Behind Its 10-Year Pact with United
  • Lab Management Trends: New Book Offers Guidance About Management of POCT
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report September 25, 2006
  • R. Lewis Dark: Like Lab Medicine, THE DARK REPORT is Changing
  • Increased Competition For Hospital Lab Referrals
  • Dark Index: Buyer of MDS' Canadian Labs Agrees to Pay C$ 900 Million
  • Some Random Insights About LabCorp’s Thinking
  • Middleware Produces Data In Real Time for Lab Managers
  • Healthcare Strategies: Walk-In Clinics in Retail Stores Is Hot New Healthcare Trend
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report September 5, 2006
  • R. Lewis Dark: Feds Lift Ban on Doctor-Owned Specialty Hospitals
  • Sonic Healthcare & CPL Make First Acquisition
  • Bio-Reference Enters DNA Sequencing Market
  • Pathologists Contribute To Women's Hospital
  • McKinsey Predicts Most Hospitals Must Specialize to Survive
  • Molecular Diagnostics: Bio-Rad Buys Ciphergen's Proteomics Technology
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report August 14, 2006
  • R. Lewis Dark: Medicare's Lab Competitive Bidding Demonstration
  • Lab Competitive Bidding Project Slated For Jan. 1
  • Siemens' IVD Purchases Are a Major Investment
  • IVD Executive Discusses Three Developing Trends
  • Pathologist-Entrepreneurs Offer New Lab Automation
  • Supremes Rule Against LabCorp On Test Patent
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report July 24, 2006
  • R. Lewis Dark: Lab Whistleblowers Are an Ever-Present Threat
  • Three Ex-UroCor Execs Acquitted in Jury Trial
  • Six Ex-IMPATH Officials Receive Their Sentences
  • Defense Attorneys Discuss Details Of UroCor Jury Trial
  • Anatomic Path Trends: In-Office Pathology Mini-Labs? Offered by Physician GPOs
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report July 03, 2006
  • R. Lewis Dark: Pathology Clients Now Competing Against Pathologists
  • Office-Based Docs Want Anatomic Path Revenues
  • Labs Taught Physicians How to Do TC/PC Deals
  • TECH UPDATE: Merck's HPV Vaccine Cleared For Use by FDA Last Week
  • Finding Opportunities Within the TC/PC Trend
  • TC/PC: Pathology's Barn Door Is Now Wide Open
  • Letters to the Editor: Technical/Professional Billing Triggers Strong Opinions
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report June 12, 2006
  • R. Lewis Dark: Turning Up the Heat in California
  • New Lab Company to Buy Westcliff, Health Line
  • Lab MUEs Reconsidered, CMS Changes Course
  • TECH UPDATE: Merck's HPV Vaccine Cleared For Use by FDA Last Week
  • Compliance News: California Attorney General Subpoenas Quest & LabCorp
  • More Labs Opt to Use Middleware, Quality, and Lab Automation
  • DARK INDEX: Good News for Regional Labs Competing Against Nationals
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report May 1, 2006
  • R. Lewis Dark: Retrospective on Lab Automation in Japan
  • Seoul, Korea Hosts Lab Automation Meeting
  • Conference Speeches Offer Useful Insights
  • Tour of Korean Labs Has Plenty to Teach
  • Lab Automation Pioneer Assesses Outcomes
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report April 10, 2006
  • R. Lewis Dark: Labs Poised to Add Value to Docs and Patients
  • CYP450 Testing To Have Major Clinical Impact
  • CYP450 Plays Major Role In Drug Metabolization
  • Outcomes Update: Payers Want Patients to Shop Prices at Doctors' Offices
  • Placenta Registry Stirs Unwarranted Controversy
  • Patient Safety Trends: New Guidelines to Require Single-Patient Hospital Rooms
  • Lab Industry Briefs:
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report March 20, 2006
  • R. Lewis Dark: Medicare To Publish Its Fees on the Web
  • CMS Defers MUE Edits Until After Jan. 1, 2007
  • Geisinger's Coag Clinics Located in Docs' Offices
  • Christian Hospital Laboratory Goes Lean with Solid Results
  • Middleware Is Hot Topic At LabinfoTech Meeting
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report February 27, 2006
  • R. Lewis Dark: Another Milestone in Physician Pay-for-Performance
  • Lab"Day of Disaster" Provides Useful Lessons
  • Spectrum's IT Strategy Now Includes EMRs
  • Letters to the Editor: Technical/Professional Billing Split Is A Threat to Pathology
  • First Lab Reports on Its Unannounced Inspection
  • MDS Intends to Divest All Lab Testing Assets
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report February 6, 2006
  • R. Lewis Dark: Complete Human DNA Profiling as a STAT Test
  • 11 MACRO TRENDS FOR ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY LABS: Many Trends in AP Spell Lots of Change Ahead
  • Sonora Quest Receives Highest AZ Quality Award
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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The Dark Report January 16, 2006
  • R. Lewis Dark: Coding Edits Are a Potential Hammerblow to Pathology
  • Proposed Coding Edits May Restrict 88305 Use
  • AD PathLabs Is Closed, Assets & Clients Are Sold
  • Failure of AD Pathlabs: Structural Weakness?
  • Luminex and PerkinElmer Ink Licensing Agreement
  • Lab Industry Briefs: PREDICTIVE TESTING FOR RECURRENT BREAST CANCER
  • New Instrument Targets Cervical Cancer Detection
  • INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News
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