Lab

Discoveries made at New York City-based HSS laboratories in the early 2000s led to a new treatment for adults with moderate to severe systemic lupus erythematosus.

Clinical lab technologists and technicians earn the highest mean wage in Alaska, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wages report.

Lab directors see big opportunities to expand services and grow within their organizations in the coming year, especially focused on outpatient services and consumer preferences.

Health system lab directors have a clear top challenge, according to Penny Tisdale, laboratory administrative director of AnMed Health in Anderson, S.C.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City is taking GS Labs to court over allegedly inflating the price of COVID-19 tests to upward of 10 times that of competitors. 

UnitedHealthcare has delayed the start date of its designated diagnostic provider program for laboratory services in California until Jan. 1, 2022, due to concerns from the state's medical association and other stakeholders. 

A New Jersey judge dismissed a lawsuit June 30 alleging that Cigna refused coverage for a lab's COVID-19 services. 

Stamford, Conn-based Sema4, a genomics company spun out of Mount Sinai Health System, named Andrew Kasarskis, PhD, as its new chief data officer, according to a June 17 news release. 

CMS' price transparency rule aims to save Americans money by allowing them to price shop for healthcare services, but it's still common for patients to overpay for their tests and lab work, sometimes by thousands of dollars, according to research…

The Diabetes, Endocrinology & Lipidology Center has agreed to pay $5,000 in a settlement to HHS' Office for Civil Rights for a potential HIPAA violation.