Friday, January 22, 2016

High visibility press for the Bioreference 4KScore Test

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Prostate cancer is one of the great dilemmas in current medicine.  While prostate cancer is often derided in public policy as an oversampled...

White Paper on Business Challenges for the Advanced LDT Industry

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A couple years ago, a friend who works in venture capital asked me, "What are the main hurdles to success for a startup molecular lab?...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

Is the "70% Rule" for Impact of Lab Tests an Urban Myth???

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For update that actually HAS a 70% data source, see here . ___ For years we have heard that "70% of clinical decisions rely on ...

MolDX Redesigns Its Website!

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For the new year 2016, MolDX launched a complete and modern redesign of its website.  It features a new homepage with a ready list of popula...
Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Big Data at JP Morgan (Panel)

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At the January 2016 JP Morgan biotech conference, Astellas and Deloitte sponsored an expert panel on where we stand with big data in the lif...
Sunday, January 10, 2016

January 2016: 34th Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

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This week, hotels all over San Francisco are sold out as the biopharma, medtech, and investment worlds converge on the JP Morgan Healthcare ...
Tuesday, January 5, 2016

FDA Posts Transcripts of November 2016 Next Gen Sequencing Workshops

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On November 12, 2015, the FDA held a workshop on analytical performance for next generation sequencing tests.  On the next day, November 13,...

Medicare Says: Don't Bill Single Gene Codes along with Tumor Gene Panel Codes

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Since 1996 Medicare has published "procedure to procedure" edits, which are large excel spreadsheets showing which codes should no...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

GAO Draws Attention to Site of Service Payment Disparities and Incentives

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The GAO has released a 37 page report on what it views as perverse incentives for hospitals to acquire physician practices and rebrand them ...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Pathologist as Movie Star: Concussion (2015)

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Rare when a movie stars a pathologist.    Concussion (2015) tells the story of recent controversies and publications in sports concussion...
Monday, December 28, 2015

Year End Review: Books of Note & Blog Info

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Books of Note I've posted an annual book review listing , a mix of healthcare policy and books about business disasters and innovation...
Thursday, December 24, 2015

Quick Links: Out of Network Problems Mount; Special Stains Increasingly Challenged.

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Two quick links. Dark Daily publishes another article in its ongoing series about the weak negotiating position and poor financials for ou...
Wednesday, December 23, 2015

AMP Responds to the FDA's "20 Case Studies" about Bad LDTs

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On November 16, 2015, the House held a hearing on regulation of LDTs, and FDA provided a sometimes poorly written review of 20 inferior or d...

12/21/2015: NYT Discusses New MAAA Diagnostics for Prostate Cancer

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Posted online December 21, 2015, the New York Times "Well" (Health) section discusses new diagnostic tools for prostate cancer suc...
Monday, December 21, 2015

MolDX Updates NGS Coverage; Comes Up With Surprising Definitions

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The MolDX program released several coverage and policy updates between December 16 and 18, with some surprises.  The MolDX program uses a di...