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Archived Becker's Laboratory Review E-Newsletters

March 29, 2023

• Epic adds genetic testing tool to EHR | Lifebrite Labs CEO not guilty in $1.4B billing scheme | Penn Medicine hires pathology, lab medicine chair | Infectious disease experts optimistic on trajectory of field | 5 notes on C. auris in 2023

March 22, 2023

• US to release COVID origins info | Union files complaint against Trinity Health for firing 11 lab workers | Johns Hopkins spinoff launches GI cancer detection test | Quest Diagnostics buys Northern Light lab

March 15, 2023

• COVID origin declassification bill heads to Biden | Medical testing co. owner sentenced to prison for fraud | CDC: Screen all adults for hepatitis B | Positive strep throat tests double | Moderna may test bird flu, mpox vaccines in humans in 2023

March 08, 2023

• All theories on pandemic's origins still viable: WHO | Experts monitoring H3N2 virus uptick in India | Capital Digestive Care taps lab medical director | Vaccine makers prep for bird flu | 30 most stressful cities for workers

March 01, 2023

• Lab leak likely caused pandemic: US energy dept. | FDA OK's at-home flu, COVID combo test | Meet 7 healthcare billionaires | 11 states where H5N1 has jumped to mammals | CDC notes rise of drug-resistant Shigella

February 22, 2023

• 60+ best healthcare employers | How Ochsner is spearheading universal genomic testing | Tower Health, Quest Diagnostics partner | New rapid COVID test 1,000 times more sensitive than others | CDC probing source of Listeria outbreak

February 15, 2023

• Epic expands lab capabilities | Quest buys nonhospital-based labs from NewYork-Presbyterian | 4 issues infectious disease experts are focused on | FDA OK's 1st COVID test cleared with CLIA waiver | Where things stand 2 months after tripledemic's peak

February 08, 2023

• Colo. hospital opens $52.8M lab | Labcorp to pay $19M to settle kickback, false claims lawsuit | The key to reinvigorating infection control | Avian flu's spread to mammals | Hospitals prepare for next virus surge

February 01, 2023

• EHR-integrated lab tool raises $10M | Lab owner convicted in $11M fraud scheme | Single blood test a 'game changer' in cancer diagnostics | World unprepared for next pandemic: Red Cross | Why physicians aren't specializing in infectious diseases

January 25, 2023

• Best healthcare places to work | Lab owners charged in Medicare fraud scheme | Stanford Medicine creates Theranos-like blood test | Ky. measles case tied to Ohio outbreak | AI model made to predict UTIs without microscopy

January 18, 2023

• 10 Shkreli awardees for bad behavior | Lab owner wanted in $547M fraud scheme | C. auris infections reported at Miss. long-term care center | COVID admissions dip as XBB.1.5 spreads | Flu positivity drops

January 11, 2023

• Mayo Clinic, Helix partner on biopharma lab services | Lab pays $16.5K settlement with HHS | Aventus files complaint against UnitedHealthcare | BD, CerTest get emergency use authorization for mpox diagnostic test | Where the tripledemic stands in 2023

January 04, 2023

• Breakthrough discovery could allow urine tests to detect liver cancer | Lab tech arrested for role in COVID testing scheme | XBB.1.5 now makes up 40% of US COVID cases | New blood test detects Alzheimer's biomarker | 7 flu notes

December 21, 2022

• Medicare spending on lab tests increasing | Lab owner convicted for $463M fraud scheme | ProPhase Labs to acquire esophageal cancer screening tool | 4 updates on Flu, RSV & COVID

December 14, 2022

• 18K lab devices recalled | Winter COVID surge looms: experts | Joint Commission adding safety briefings in 2023 | Labcorp opens Los Angeles facility | NY ends emergency polio order

December 07, 2022

• 378 labs billed Medicare at questionable levels for COVID tests | US to lift mpox emergency declaration | 50 states ranked by overall health | Flu, COVID activity rises | Ohio measles outbreak to last several months

November 30, 2022

• Quest Diagnostics buys Summa Health's lab service business | Measles seen as 'imminent' global threat | Meet 4 lab co. CEOs | RSV could be at peak | 70% of US reports high or very high flu activity

November 23, 2022

• Pathologist pay jumps 6% | Novel RSV variant causes prolonged infection | Theranos founder gets 11 yrs. in prison | Illness-causing fungi spreading in US | 3 COVID surveillance trends to know

November 16, 2022

• Oracle Cerner, Labcorp to manage hospital labs in 10 states | Where COVID, flu & RSV stand | Sema4 to cut reproductive, women's health testing | $88M needed to curb Ebola outbreak | Capital Digestive Care lab named Center of Excellence

November 09, 2022

• American Society for Clinical Pathology updates lab test guidelines | Mayo, Numares partner on AI tests | WHO identifies 19 fungal 'priority pathogens' | COVID-19 cases to jump 39% by Nov. 17 | Life Line Screening launches at-home lab tests

November 02, 2022

• 6 leaders on the 'tripledemic' | Lab owner pleads guilty in $130M Medicare fraud scheme | Quest, Saint Louis University partner on lab science degree | CDC tallies 6 monkeypox deaths | Google Cloud exec joins Labcorp board

October 26, 2022

• Independence Blue Cross, Labcorp renew contract | CVS Health to offer at-home testing | US aims to boost Ebola testing capacity | CG LabTech, 1health.io partner | RSV surge creates risk of 'tripledemic'

October 19, 2022

• Patients Choice acquires Infinity | NJ hospital opens $4.7M molecular virology lab | The latest collab helping physician-owned labs | Plexision develops rapid blood test | Quest Diagnostics launches obstetrics test panel

October 12, 2022

• CSI Labs data breach hits 244K patients | Quest Diagnostics, Labcorp named best places to work | Biopharma co. goes public at $6M | Signs of winter COVID surge grow | Polio detected in 2 more NY counties

October 05, 2022

• Mayo lab exec excited about diagnostics' future | Lab co. to settle fraud allegations for $3.6M | P4 Diagnostix, Pierian partner | Convicted Theranos founder granted hearing for new trial | NovoPath adds integrated testing workflows

September 28, 2022

• $3M awarded for diagnostic innovations | Calif. hospital earns 1st Leading Laboratories label | NY hospital, system ink lab partnership | Health depts. up polio detection efforts | Cleveland Clinic physician leader joins Next Gen Diagnostics board

September 21, 2022

• Quest Diagnostics, Fla. health system forge supply partnership | Lab owner pleads guilty to 3 federal cases | Ark. lab plans $30M expansion | 4 notes on enterovirus D68 | 'We are not where we need to be': Dr. Fauci on pandemic

September 14, 2022

• US to launch cancer blood test trial | Early flu shots urged amid possible severe season | Convicted Theranos founder requests new trial | 4 monkeypox updates | Vaccinated people less likely to have long COVID

September 07, 2022

• 2 lab equipment segments sold to PE firms | Fla. lab owner charged in $53M fraud scheme | Biotech firm adds monkeypox testing | How disease outbreaks improved wastewater surveillance | White House expects COVID shots to be annual

August 31, 2022

• ASCLS objects to CMS lab testing proposal | Todos Medical adds saliva-only monkeypox tests | Lab molecule found to have anticancer properties | Study shows accuracy of 2 COVID tests on variants | Clinical trials co. invests $10M in Texas lab

August 24, 2022

• World-1st test IDs monkeypox over viruses with similar symptoms | Polio may have been spreading for a year: CDC | Provista Diagnostics joins monkeypox testing push | OneSmartLaboratory, cybersecurity firm partner | Mako Medical adds phlebotomy training

August 17, 2022

• World-1st test IDs monkeypox over viruses with similar symptoms | Polio may have been spreading for a year: CDC | Provista Diagnostics joins monkeypox testing push | OneSmartLaboratory, cybersecurity firm partner | Mako Medical adds phlebotomy training

August 10, 2022

• Lab supplier recalls viral tubes, swabs | Quest, Labcorp techs refuse to draw blood from monkeypox patients | BD, Labcorp partner on cytometry-based companion tests | Sparrow Health adds in-house monkeypox tests | 2 COVID vaccine creators honored

August 03, 2022

• Lab capacity exceeding monkeypox tests | Class I recall issued for rapid COVID test | New lab test formula could reduce healthcare disparities | Quest, Rite Aid partner on COVID testing | AI diagnostics co. closes $45M funding round

July 27, 2022

• 36 people charged in $1.2B lab fraud case | Layoffs hit labs as COVID testing dwindles | Blood test tube shortage may reduce wasteful testing | Quest Diagnostics reports $2.45B in Q2 revenue | The new theory on cause of pediatric hepatitis cases

July 20, 2022

• Are cancer centers too test-heavy? | Mako Medical to double COVID testing | Hospitals cutting services over staffing shortages | Neelyx Labs joins monkeypox testing push | Northwest Pathology rebrands under Avero Diagnostics

July 13, 2022

• Mayo to run 10K monkeypox tests per week | GS Labs sues BCBS of Minn. | Rapid COVID variant test created by Texas researchers | OmniPathology launches oral HPV PCR test | Inflation now Americans' top worry

July 06, 2022

• Labcorp 1st to offer monkeypox test | Pathologist pay jumps 6% | US monkeypox cases rise to 460 | 9 lab partnerships to know | Omicron BA.5's fast rise to dominance | The future of maintaining privacy and security in healthcare

June 29, 2022

• Optum breaks into lab benefit management | Physician admits to lab test fraud | CDC recruits lab co.'s to fuel Monkeypox testing | Fla. school gets $1M to increase lab workforce | Global hepatitis outbreak hits 920 cases

June 22, 2022

• Mount Sinai team invents test to measure COVID immunity | Lack of monkeypox testing could mask infection rates | The looming cost of healthcare inequity | How COVID shaped infectious disease work | Predictive Health names president of lab services

June 15, 2022

• WHO to decide if monkeypox a global health emergency | ProPhase moves to expand genomics testing | Biden to unveil plan for next pandemic | Cancer diagnostics co. buys Pa. lab | Lab director added to Tenet hall of fame

June 01, 2022

• 6 Quest Diagnostics moves | Former lab CEO gets 2 years prison in $6.5M fraud case | High burnout rates lead to increased risk of talent loss | Lab fraud case expands to 24 defendants | The consequences of COVID reinfection

May 25, 2022

• Meet the CEOs of 4 lab cos. | Lab owner fined $510K for kickback scheme | Pathologist pay jumps 6% | NY investigating possible monkeypox case | 44% skipped healthcare over cost uncertainty

May 18, 2022

• Mayo lab exec excited about diagnostics' future | FDA approves 1st non-prescription multi-analyte COVID test | PathGroup lands PE investment | Labcorp launches at-home diabetes risk test | WHO confirms 429 hepatitis cases in 22 countries

May 11, 2022

• Labcorp buys lab services from AtlantiCare | Fulgent Genetics expands lab footprint, names new leadership | Cancer diagnostics co. partners with Japanese tech firm | Blood tests to revolutionize Alzheimer's treatment, physicians say

May 4, 2022

• 3 leaders recognized on 'Lab Excellence List' | W.Va. hospital opens automated lab | Quest Diagnostics appoints 6 execs | The new microfluidic chip that can powered by a smartphone

April 27, 2022

• Lab founders plead guilty in $300M fraud scheme | Mayo Clinic begins $49M lab expansion | Quest Diagnostics revenue down 4% | SC lab snags accreditation | COVID hospitalizations up in 28 states

April 20, 2022

• Pathologist pay jumps 6% | Lab sales rep found guilty of fraud | Inform Diagnostics sold for $170M | Lab worker wins $450K lawsuit | FDA authorizes 1st COVID breath test

April 13, 2022

• Explora BioLabs sold for $295M | Ore. AG sues embattled COVID lab | Summit Health opens physician-owned lab | Blood tests could show biomarkers for mental health disorders

April 6, 2022

• Lab to pay $11.6M fraud settlement | Quest Diagnostics adds diabetic screenings | Labs, hospital execs hit with kickback suit | New blood test assesses organ damage from COVID | HealthTrackRx expands into Ga.

March 30, 2022

• Labs face blood collection tube shortage | CMS cuts funding for COVID lab | $1.68M paid to settle lab kickback claims | Quest Diagnostics reports high rate of positive drug tests | New lab test uses worms to detect cancer

March 23, 2022

• Rapid PCR test approved for emergency use | $400M life sciences lab would be Philadelphia's largest | Labcorp offers 1st test for gluten consumption | 2 NY labs form biomedical research network | Quest Diagnostics donates $500K to Ukraine

March 16, 2022

• HHS ends COVID lab reporting requirement | Toxicology lab to pay $4.8M to settle Medicaid billing allegations | Labcorp closes Ukraine office | Ortho Clinical Diagnostics lands buyer | WHO asks Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens

March 9, 2022

• BCBS Minnesota sues COVID lab | Fla. lab scam hits $67M | Labcorp partners with Prisma Health | Diversified Medical lands 3rd lab acquisition | Last state drops mask mandate

March 2, 2022

• Which state has the most lab techs? | $51M lab holding co. investment to add 185 SC jobs | At-home lab testing soars | Ascension, Labcorp partner | Omicron subvariant doubling every week in US

February 23, 2022

• Lab tech job market: Essential data in 2022 | Labcorp acquires cancer genomics co. | Omicron subvariant not detected in PCR tests | Calif. COVID lab to double volume with new facility | CDC updates vaccine interval guidance

February 16, 2022

• 3 Texas labs charged in $300M fraud scheme | Ascension, Labcorp partner | Iowa hygienic lab to expand with $9.2M CDC grant | NC school launches lab tech program | CMS responds to states seeking vaccination mandate waivers

February 9, 2022

• At-home lab test market soars | Fla. labs, Cigna clash over $32M in unpaid claims | Ill. COVID lab sued | Animal welfare group investigates Seattle research lab | Scitara raises $15M

February 2, 2022

• Defense Department orders 104M COVID tests | Abbott's rapid diagnostics business grows 95% | 174K patients not notified of bad COVID tests | Quest Diagnostics, Walmart partner | Pfizer seeks FDA approval of COVID vaccine for kids under 5

January 26, 2022

• FBI raids COVID test co. | New COVID test combines speed & accuracy | $30M Ala. lab named after former health official | Labcorp in 2022: 9 notes | Pfizer testing omicron-specific COVID vaccine

January 19, 2022

• Lab owner pleads guilty to $6.9M CMS fraud scheme | Quest Diagnostics buys Pack Health | COVID outbreak shuts down Md. lab | Labcorp in 2022: 9 notes | White House task force to target new COVID variants

January 12, 2022

• Labs ration COVID tests | NY health system closed 13 labs since pandemic start | Sanofi in 2022: 10 things to know | What physician leaders predict for Omicron's end | Medicare spending on non-COVID tests fell 16% in 2020

January 5, 2022

• Medicare spending on non-COVID tests fell 16% in 2020 | Labcorp in 2022: 9 things to know | Okla. ranks last in COVID sequencing | Omicron dominates US cases | Your Health Labs names CEO

December 15, 2021

• Cleveland Clinic lab detects Omicron | Quest Diagnostics buys Labtech Diagnostics | House passes bill to delay pay cuts for 600 lab tests | Allegheny Health opens outpatient center with lab | 17 healthcare organizations halt COVID vaccination mandates

December 8, 2021

• CMS pay for 600 lab tests to be cut in January | CLMA merges with ASCP | Va. lab creates COVID breath test | Pandemic-related issues close Pa. lab | New Cincinnati biotech center to hire 150 lab workers

December 1, 2021

• US labs prepare for omicron | The only infectious disease lab in Tenn. for 400 miles | Ill. lab earns CAP accreditation | Robotics company lands $32M | Americans still see COVID-19 as biggest healthcare threat

November 24, 2021

• The lab tech job market in 2021 | Medline, DHR Health ink $5M lab supply deal | Calif. COVID lab safe from sanctions after investigation | Cardinal Health extends supply automation platform to clinical labs | Feds ask court to restore vaccine-or-test rule

November 17, 2021

• Ark. ranks lowest for clinical lab tech pay | FDA review of COVID tests reinstated | 8 areas for health system lab growth | Cancer lab firm adds board member | Pfizer seeks emergency use of COVID antiviral pill

November 10, 2021

• Lab owner indicted in $100M billing scheme | 100,000-sq.-ft. lab to be built in LA | Alleged fake COVID lab may have to refund patients | Lab owner sentenced in kickback scheme | Pfizer requests authorization of COVID boosters for adults

November 3, 2021

• Top challenges for lab directors | Preop lab testing is often wasteful | Lab designation program launched | Lab-developed test industry predicted to reach $7B | Pfizer expects to deliver 2.3B COVID vaccine doses in 2021

October 27, 2021

• Lab tech salaries by state | Nev. lab to pay up to $16M over fraud allegations | Notre Dame lab, blockchain firm to combat fake drug circulation | Biggest issues facing lab directors | FDA recommends Pfizer's COVID shot for kids 5-11

October 20, 2021

• Former lab CEO settles kickback case for $1.1M | Minn. lab sends COVID tests to NJ after unspecified disruption | Amazon, Pfizer & Merck launch AI-powered lab | Chicago lab tracks COVID in wastewater | $90M expansion adding labs at Virginia Tech

October 13, 2021

• Ky. lab paid kickbacks for referrals | Quest Diagnostics lab to perform 300K tests a day | Ransomware attack on Mass. lab exposes 350K patients | Cleveland Clinic opens biospecimen cryo storage bank | Experts warn against mixing vaccine doses

October 6, 2021

• Lab test market becoming consumer-driven | Rapid test that predicts COVID-19 outcomes unveiled | Texas lab to be acquired for up to $70M | Noninvasive test created to detect colon, prostate cancer | Tesis Labs raises $20M

September 29, 2021

• Preop lab testing often wasteful: Researchers | Lab-developed test industry to reach $7B by 2028 | FDA may gain oversight of lab-developed tests | New shared lab to aid diagnostic test makers | Weill Cornell to raise $1.5B for lab upgrades

September 22, 2021

• FDA says 2 COVID-19 lab tests might give false positives | Best cities for lab real estate | Mich. governor proposes $220M lab | Biggest issues facing lab directors | Global clinical lab test market predicted to see 7.3% compound growth by 2028

September 15, 2021

• Lab tech salaries by state | Mont. taps National Guard to help state lab | COVID-19 surge overloading testing labs | Ga. lab cleared to produce respiratory test panel | Biden, health execs to meet on vaccination strategies

September 8, 2021

• Kaiser lab glitch backlogged thousands of COVID-19 tests | Texas lab co owner pleads guilty to Medicare fraud | Ky. city gets its 1st cancer genomics lab | NJ lab error delays positive COVID-19 test results

September 1, 2021

• 9 fastest-growing lab companies | Viewpoint: We need to get real about the pandemic endgame | Kidney care company adds Miss. lab site | PathGroup lands 2nd acquisition of 2021 | Antibody treatment may reduce COVID-19 hospitalization rates, study finds

August 25, 2021

• Labs unable to specify the COVID-19 variant patients have | 10 states with lowest clinical lab tech pay | Mass. hospital opens COVID testing lab | Fauci urges hospitals to use more COVID-19 antibody treatments

August 18, 2021

• Pathology power list 2021: 75 honored | Labcorp buys digital health platform | Breakthrough COVID-19 cases rare amid delta surge: 4 notes | Clinical pathology society wants vaccine mandate

August 11, 2021

• Fla. lab tech feels 'weight of the world' as COVID-19 surges | Med testing lab countersues BCBS of Kansas City | Health system lab growth in 2021 and beyond | HSS lab research aided new lupus treatment | Vaccinations by state

August 4, 2021

• 3,000 hospitals put lab samples at risk with vulnerable tech | Big headaches for lab directors | BCBS of Kansas City sues lab, alleges $9.2M improper claims | Patients overpay for labs despite price transparency rules | Lab sues UnitedHealth