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	The Dark Report, December 22, 2008 - Special Issue on Quest Diagnostics Inc.
	R. Lewis Dark: Patient Retest Effort Is Extraordinary Event Vitamin D Test Issues Trigger Doctor Discussion Doctor Notices Different Vitamin D Results Over Time Vitamin D Test Expert Discusses Mass Spectrometry Pathologist Perspectives: Quest Diagnostics Explains Confidence in LC-MS/MS Method Quest Discusses Use of Mass Spec Methodology Retest Program Offers Useful Lessons for Labs INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News Request a copy

	The Dark Report, December 1, 2008
	R. Lewis Dark: A Common Future for Pathology & Radiology? 2008's Top Ten Lab Stories Lacked Disruptive Impact Multi-Modality Diagnosis Heading for Lab Medicine Marketplace Update: LabCorp Talks to Its Clients About Service Enhancements Momentum Continues for Digital Pathology INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News Request a copy

	The Dark Report, November 10, 2008
	R. Lewis Dark: Growth Conundrum Confronts Quest and LabCorp Medi-Cal Hits Pathologist For $6.4 Million Payment Cytology Lab Uses Lean to Simplify Processes LabCorp And Quest Report 3rd Quarter Financial Performance LAB BRIEFS: INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News Request a copy

	The Dark Report, October 20, 2008
	R. Lewis Dark: Genome Sequencing Promises to be Disruptive Rapid Genome Sequencing Predicted by Mid-2009 ICD-10 Conversion Costs Underestimated by HHS Laboratories and physician groups to incur significant expenses when implementing ICD-10 Hospital Labs Have New Options for Molecular Dx Molecular Dx Update: LabCorp's Ovarian Cancer Test Generates FDA Warning Letter INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News Request a copy

	The Dark Report, September 29, 2008
	R. Lewis Dark: Lean Six Sigma Takes Root in Labs & Hospitals iTunes Business Model For Digital Path Scans Illinois Pathologists Dodge Medicaid CP Payment Cut LAB BRIEFS: MED TECH SHORTAGE CAUSES DEVRY UNIVERSITY TO OFFER MT DEGREE Implementation Date For ICD-10 Is Proposed Phlebotomy Automation Likely To Be Next Trend INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News Request a copy

	The Dark Report, September 8, 2008
	R. Lewis Dark: Quality Management Systems (QMS) & Healthcare Two U.S. Labs Pursuing ISO 15189 Accreditation Piedmont Med Lab Mixes ISO with Lean & Six Sigma ISO 15189 Is the Goal At Avera McKennan Lab Health Record Databanks Are Different Than RHIOs Low Vitamin D Linked To Greater Risk of Death INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News Request a copy

	The Dark Report, August 18, 2008
	R. Lewis Dark: Two Healthcare Trends Collide on These Pages First U.S. Labs Nearing ISO:15189 Accreditation Independent Labs Won't Get Medicare PQRI Bonuses MT/MLT Distance Learning Goal of Collaboration NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: Successful Laboratories in the Future Will Brand Themselves, Add Value Canadian Pathologists Start PT Testing for ER/PR INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News Request a copy

	The Dark Report, July 28, 2008
	R. Lewis Dark: Lab Testing Hits Two Home Runs For Patients Vitamin D Test Volumes Doubled in Past Year 53% Drop in Mortality From Lab Report Change NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: Labs Should Build Payer Relationships To Improve Commodity Pricing CMS Anti-Markup Rules Target In-Office Ancillaries INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News Request a copy

	The Dark Report, July 7, 2008
	R. Lewis Dark: Era of Digital Pathology Steadily Approaches NY & California Act to Stop Web Gene Testing Firms Hospital Trends: Growth of Medical Tourism May Become Political Issue HealthPartners Promotes Same-Day Lab Test Results Toronto Pathologists Use Whole-Slide Imaging Is Digital Path Imaging Ready for Prime Time? INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News Request a copy

	The Dark Report, June 16, 2008
	R. Lewis Dark: Era of Digitized Pathology Systems Approaches NPI Rules Slow Payments To Pathology Groups, Labs GE, UPMC Create Company For Digital Path Imaging New Senate Bills Include Repeal of Competitive Bid New Report Says Half Nation's Hospitals Have Financial Woes ISO 15189 Work Advances At Meeting in Vancouver CMS Expected to Revise Condo Lab & TC/PC Rules INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News Request a copy

	The Dark Report, May 27, 2008
	R. Lewis Dark: Customer-Focused Labs Are Successful War College 2008 Theme: Get Close to Customers! Lab Industry's First Mergers & Acquisitions Day Reveals Lots of Interest, More Lab Sales Ahead Cerner's Market-Driven Employee Health Program New Report Says Half Nation's Hospitals Have Financial Woes Ruling Against UroPath Signals More Fed Action Federal Court Rules on Specimen Ownership INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News Request a copy

	The Dark Report, May 5, 2008
	R. Lewis Dark: Battles Continue Over Doctor Mark Up of Lab Tests Lab Automation Advocates Gather in Kobe, Japan University of Tokyo Hospital Lab Has Plenty of Automation Technology Update: Healthcare Has First Standards for Use of Bar Codes and RFID Managed Care Update: Cell Phones to be Used to Report Patient Self-Test Results Implementing Best Practices Across 27 Hospital Labs PhyTest Assists Doctors With Lab Testing Revenue INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News Request a copy

	The Dark Report, March 24, 2008
	R. Lewis Dark: Heparin, China, Reagents, and Your Lab Bostwick Labs Prepares For Public Stock Offering Hospital Lab Takes CMS To Court in CLIA Case Labs Should Prepare for Tighter CLIA Enforcement Ascendium Consulting Is New Firm In Lab Market Legal Update: Medicare Competitive Bid Lawsuit Heads toward a Judge�s Ruling Digitization of Pathology Is Making Steady Progress INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News Request a copy

	The Dark Report, April 14, 2008
	R. Lewis Dark: Courts Uphold Labs' Challenges on CMS' Rules Three San Diego Labs Stop Competitive Bid Demo April 4 Fed Court Ruling Opened Door to Injunction Litigation Update: Federal Judge to Look at CMS Rule-Making in Anti-Markup Case Hospital Lab Evolves Into A Consultative Resource Lab Automation Viewed As Essential Solution Notable People: Quality Guru Joseph M. Juran Dies Six Weeks Ago at Age 103 INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News Request a copy

	The Dark Report, March 24, 2008
	R. Lewis Dark: Heparin, China, Reagents, and Your Lab Bostwick Labs Prepares For Public Stock Offering Hospital Lab Takes CMS To Court in CLIA Case Labs Should Prepare for Tighter CLIA Enforcement Ascendium Consulting Is New Firm In Lab Market Legal Update: Medicare Competitive Bid Lawsuit Heads toward a Judge�s Ruling Digitization of Pathology Is Making Steady Progress INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News Request a copy

	The Dark Report, March 3, 2008
	R. Lewis Dark: Citizens Taking on the Government Judge Rules Against Labs In Medicare Lab Bid Case ISO 15189 Accreditation Program Offered by CAP Michigan Dermatologist Gets 10.5 Years in Fraud Case NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: Hospitals Saw Several Benefits In Forming Laboratory Joint Venture MARKET TRENDS: Lab/Path M&A Day Explores High Prices Paid to Lab Owners INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News Request a copy

	The Dark Report, February 11, 2008
	R. Lewis Dark: "Creative Destruction in Anatomic Pathology" Powerful Trends Reshaping Anatomic Path Profession State of the Pathology Profession 15 Trends Specialty Doctors Actively Entering The Anatomic Pathology Business Increased Number of Employed Paths May Tip Balance in Pathology Profession Ongoing Lab Consolidation Increases Pressure on Small Pathology Providers Decline and Fall of the Community Hospital-based Pathology Group Patented & Proprietary Test Technology Is Fueling Growth in Specialty Pathology Smaller, Local Pathology Groups Using New Technologies to Expand Services Tidal Wave of Genomic and Molecular Technologies Nears Clinical Introduction Automation in Histology Will Support New Anatomic Pathology Technologies Full Digitization of Images and Info Will Transform Anatomic Pathology Personalized Medicine Will Require Different Attributes by Pathologists Gen X and Gen Y Pathologists Soon To Move into Path Leadership Roles Medicare Officials Hammer Down On Anatomic Pathology Marketplace Lean, Six Sigma Management Methods Find Growing Acceptance in Pathology Challenges from Increased Specialization, Shortages of Pathologists & Tech Labor INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News Request a copy

	The Dark Report, January 21, 2008
	R. Lewis Dark: "Here's to Plain Talk and Clear Understanding!" Labs Face "Coercive" Bid, Not Competitive Bidding FDA Approves New Test For Respiratory Viruses CMS Spotlights AP as It Delays Anti-Markup Rule New Study Demonstrates How Lean Labs Outperform Peers Healthcare Trends: Total Health Spending Rises 6.7%, Tops $2.1 Trillion during 2006 INTELLIGENCE: Late-Breaking Lab News Request a copy
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