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Labcorp gears up to process 10k monkeypox tests per week
Labcorp will begin testing for monkeypox by using the CDC's orthopoxvirus test and is the first national laboratory to offer this PCR test. -
9 lab industry partnerships to know
Major labs have partnered with the federal government, private equity firms, health systems, universities and other companies in 2022. -
$1M grant to grow lab workforce at University of South Florida program
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. -
How to reduce inappropriate laboratory ordering to control costs and utilization
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. -
Monkeypox testing: CDC recruits Quest, Labcorp, Mayo Clinic and 2 others
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. -
Kentucky physician admits lab test fraud in $3M false claims case
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. -
Optum breaks into lab benefit management: 4 things to know
UnitedHealth Group company Optum is launching a lab benefit management platform aimed at reducing unnecessary lab testing. -
Predictive Health names Susie Lu president of lab services
Diagnostics company Predictive Health appointed Susie Lu as the company's president of laboratory services. -
Mount Sinai team invents rapid test that measures COVID immunity strength, length
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 buys Pennsylvania lab
Cancer diagnostics company EmeritusDX acquired Conshohocken, Pa.-based lab Freedom Pathology Partners. -
ProPhase building new genomics lab
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 notches 3 '1sts': 5 recent updates
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: -
$214M COVID-19 test fraud: California lab owners indicted
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. -
California lab director earns Tenet national hall of fame award
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. -
Companies look to expand PCR testing for monkeypox
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. -
Former lab CEO gets 2 years prison in $6.5M fraud case
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. -
6 Quest Diagnostics updates in last 60 days
Quest Diagnostics was named to a Becker's list of top places to work, plus five more updates on the lab company in the last 60 days: -
Texas lab fraud case expands to 24 defendants
Six Texas physicians were added to a lab testing kickback and false claims lawsuit that originally named 18 people, including four former healthcare executives, and two lab companies as defendants, the Justice Department said May 26. -
Meet the CEOs of 4 of the biggest lab companies
The biggest lab companies in the U.S. are some of the largest globally as well. -
Lab owner barred from CMS programs, fined $510K for kickback scheme
Rakesh Kothuru, 49, the majority owner of Laboratory Services of America, was sentenced to four months of house arrest plus $510,000 in forfeiture, restitution and fines over a kickback scheme, the Justice Department said May 19.
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