Minneapolis-based GS Labs has filed new counterclaims in an ongoing legal fight against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota.

Independent physician-owned pathology lab OmniPathology launched an oral lab-developed PCR test that detects HPV.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Laboratories is now testing for monkeypox, the CDC said July 11.

Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas have created a rapid COVID-19 test that can detect which variant a person has in just a few hours. 

Labcorp will begin testing for monkeypox by using the CDC's orthopoxvirus test and is the first national laboratory to offer this PCR test.

Major labs have partnered with the federal government, private equity firms, health systems, universities and other companies in 2022.

Tampa-based University of South Florida College of Public Health was given a $1 million award from the Association of Public Health Laboratories to help grow the workforce, the university said June 27.

The number and complexity of available lab tests has increased rapidly in recent years, making it difficult for clinicians to stay on top of the best, most appropriate tests to order. This can lead to over- or under-utilization as well as inappropriate test selection, thereby increasing costs and workload.

The CDC is shipping monkeypox tests to five commercial labs, including some of the nation's largest, to quickly increase testing capacity and access, HHS said.

Paducah, Ky., physician Patrick Finney, MD, is paying $561,800 to settle allegations of CMS fraud and False Claims Act violations, the Justice Department said June 21.

UnitedHealth Group company Optum is launching a lab benefit management platform aimed at reducing unnecessary lab testing.

Diagnostics company Predictive Health appointed Susie Lu as the company's president of laboratory services.

Researchers from New York City-based Mount Sinai have created a population-scalable rapid blood test that measures the strength and duration of a person's immunity to COVID-19.

Cancer diagnostics company EmeritusDX acquired Conshohocken, Pa.-based lab Freedom Pathology Partners.

Diagnostics and genomics company ProPhase Labs is building a genomics lab as part of an effort to expand its in-house clinical and genomics testing capabilities.

Labcorp won the first FDA approval for a non-prescription multi-analyte COVID-19 test, plus four more updates on the lab company since March:

Imran Shams and Lourdes Navarro, both 63 and owners of Baldwin Park, Calif.-based Matias Clinical Laboratory, were indicted for their alleged roles in a $214 million Medicare fraud scheme, the Justice Department said.

Daphne Martin, lab director for San Luis Obispo, Calif.-based Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center and Templeton, Calif.-based Twin Cities Community Hospital, was honored as part of Tenet Healthcare's annual recognition program, Paso Robles Daily News reported May 30.

In light of a global monkeypox outbreak, lab companies and health officials are looking to expand PCR testing for the virus in the U.S., CNN reported May 30.

Jae Lee, 51, former CEO of the now-defunct Northwest Physicians Laboratory in Bellevue, Wash., was sentenced to two years in prison and $7.6 million in restitution for a drug testing kickback scheme that cost the government more than $6.5 million, the Justice Department said May 27.