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$5M lab supply deal inked for Medline, Texas system
Northfield, Ill.-based Medline, the largest private medical supply manufacturer and distributor in the U.S., landed a $5 million deal with Edinburg, Texas-based DHR Health, the company said in a Nov. 16 news release. -
HHS reinstates FDA review of lab-developed COVID-19 tests
HHS is withdrawing a 2020 policy that limited the FDA's review process of certain lab tests, including some COVID-19 tests, the agency said Nov. 15. -
Cancer lab firm names Dave Daly to its board
Cancer-focused genetic testing services firm NeoGenomics, based in Fort Myers, Fla., has named Singular Genomics President and COO Dave Daly to its board, according to a Nov. 14 Business Observer report. -
Lab owner sentenced to 82 months in prison for Medicare kickback scheme
Leonel Palatnik, 42, co-owner of Dallas-based Panda Conservation Group, a medical lab company, was sentenced to 82 months in prison for his role in a $73 million Medicare kickback scheme, according to a Nov. 9 Justice Department news release. -
Alleged fake COVID-19 testing lab may have to refund patients
A now-closed New Jersey lab could have to pay hundreds of patients back for allegedly selling and administering fake COVID-19 tests, according to a Nov. 9 report by NBC affiliate WNBC. -
Audit finds Iowa lab left up to $1.1M on the table
An internal audit found that the University of Iowa's State Hygienic Laboratory left as much as $1.1 million on the table, thanks to inconsistent billing and document collection, according to a Nov. 8 report in The Gazette. -
Lab test owner indicted in $100M fraudulent billing scheme
An Arkansas man who owned and managed several diagnostic testing laboratories was indicted in an alleged $100 million fraudulent billing scheme, the Justice Department said Nov. 3. -
Joint venture building 100,000-square-foot lab in Los Angeles
A joint venture between Los Angeles-based real estate firm Hatchspaces and Denver-based healthcare developer NexCore Group is building a life sciences wet lab in West Los Angeles, the companies said in a Nov. 3 news release. -
Joint Commission and American Society for Clinical Pathology launch lab designation program
The American Society for Clinical Pathology and the Joint Commission are kicking off a lab recognition program, the organizations said in an Oct. 27 news release. -
Notre Dame lab partners with blockchain firm to combat fake drug circulation
Cambridge, Mass.-based blockchain platform Artifacts is partnering with South Bend, Ind.-based University of Notre Dame's Distributed Pharmaceutical Analysis Lab to combat the circulation of fake and substandard drugs, the university said in an Oct. 20 news release. -
Nevada clinical lab to pay up to $16M over fraud allegations
Nevada-based clinical laboratory MD Labs and two of its owners and co-founders will cumulatively pay between $11.6 million and $16 million to resolve allegations that they billed federal programs for medically unnecessary urine drug testing, according to a Justice Department statement. -
Labs of All Sizes Can Benefit From Employing Revenue-enhancing Best Practices
Before the pandemic, many laboratories were already facing financial challenges due to severe downward pricing pressure caused by multi-year price cuts to the Medicare Part B clinical laboratory fee schedule. -
Disruption forces Minnesota lab to send COVID-19 tests to New Jersey
An Oakdale, Minn. lab owned by Piscataway, N.J.-based Infinity BiologiX experienced an unspecified disruption in services over the weekend of Oct. 16-17, according to Saint Paul, Minn., ABC affiliate KSTP. -
Former CEO of defunct medical lab settles kickback civil case for $1.1M
Jae Lee, former CEO of the now-defunct Northwest Physicians Laboratory in Bellevue, Wash., agreed to pay $1.1 million to resolve a civil case involving the lab allegedly offering referrals in exchange for cash payments, an arrangement commonly known as a kickback, according to a Justice Department news release. -
Chicago lab tracks COVID-19 through wastewater
A University of Illinois Chicago lab has been tracking COVID-19 in the city's wastewater and sharing the results with local public health agencies, according to WTTW. -
Amazon, Pfizer & Merck launch AI-powered innovation lab
Amazon Web Services, Pfizer, AstraZeneca and several other pharmacy and biotech leaders partnered to launch AION Labs, an innovative drug research project, AION Labs said Oct. 13. -
Virginia Tech adding labs with $90M expansion
Blacksburg-based Virginia Tech opened a 139,000-square-foot expansion in Roanoke that will house new lab facilities, the university said Oct. 12. -
Quest Diagnostics opens one of world's biggest medical labs
Secaucus, N.J.-based Quest Diagnostics opened its 250,000-square-foot lab in Clifton, N.J., the company said Oct. 12. -
Kentucky drug lab paid kickbacks for referrals, physician says
Psychiatrist Varanise Booker, MD, pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud in a kickback scheme for referring Medicare and Medicaid patients to the now-closed Universal Oral Fluid Labs in Greensburg, Pa., according to a Justice Department statement. -
Cleveland Clinic opens 22,000-square-foot biospecimen cryo storage bank
The Cleveland Clinic opened a two-story cryogenic biobank, the company said Oct. 7, in partnership with Chelmsford, Mass.-based Brooks Automation's life sciences division, now known as Azenta Life Sciences.
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