Finance

Reimbursement for laboratory services – Are you leaving money on the table?

Dec. 23, 2024

The traditional view of the total testing process (TTP) consists of pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic phases. However, one must also consider a post-post-analytic phase...

Finance

Are governments spending less on healthcare?

Erin Brady

Dec. 13, 2024

Finance

Point-of-care (POC) molecular diagnostics global market report 2022

LABline

Aug. 31, 2022

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Blood collection tubes for liquid biopsy market report 2022

LABline

Aug. 31, 2022

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NIH grants awarded for new tuberculosis research advancement centers

LABline

April 7, 2022

Finance

Federal grants fund virtual health services in underserved communities

LABline

Feb. 15, 2022

Finance

HHS distributes $2 billion in provider relief fund payments

LABline

Jan. 27, 2022

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is releasing more than $2 billion in provider relief fund payments to more than 7,600 providers across the country this...

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Rising labor expenses strain hospital finances

LABline

Jan. 6, 2022

U.S. hospitals and health systems continued to feel the pressures of rising expenses and nationwide labor shortages in November 2021, according to the latest issue of Kaufman ...

Finance

Congress delays PAMA cuts

LABline

Dec. 13, 2021

The U.S. Senate and House passed legislation that delays for one year pending cuts to the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) and the next reporting period for submitting ...

Finance

$70 million to accelerate test progress

LABline

Oct. 26, 2021

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is taking several new actions to help reduce costs, make tests more available, and support bringing more tests to market...

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PPE costs declining since high point of COVID-19 pandemic

LABline

Oct. 14, 2021

Data from Premier show that over the course of the pandemic, hospitals nationwide spent more than $3 billion to source personal protective equipment (PPE) for worker and patient...

Finance

New surprise billing rule released

LABline

Oct. 1, 2021

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury, along with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), released an...

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Finance

All of Us Research Program awards funding to seven organizations

LABline

Sept. 13, 2021

The All of Us Research Program has awarded a total of $8.7 million to seven national community organizations to strengthen recruitment of participants and researchers underrepresented...

Finance

Labcorp raises minimum wage to $15 per hour

LABline

Sept. 7, 2021

Labcorp announced that it has increased the minimum hourly wage for United States-based, non-union employees to $15, effective September 2021. "At the core of our ability to innovate...

Finance

Opioid lawsuit settlements have overlooked those in chronic pain

LABline

Aug. 30, 2021

The University of Michigan Health Lab reported on the opioid crisis lawsuit payout plans, citing the more than 500,000 overdose deaths in the past couple decades. While states...

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Unvaccinated COVID-19 hospitalizations cost the U.S. billions of dollars

LABline

Aug. 24, 2021

In June and July 2021, COVID-19 hospitalizations among unvaccinated adults cost the U.S. healthcare system more than $2 billion, according to an analysis by the Kaiser Family ...