Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon; Newark, NJ) will terminate its longtime in-network provider relationship with Bio-Reference Laboratories (Elmwood Park, NJ) on March 31 of this year, according to a letter recently received by Bio-Reference. Two other New Jersey-based laboratories were also dropped from Horizon’s panel of in-network providers. LabCorp and AtlantiCare Clinical Labs are now Horizon’s only two in-network lab service providers.

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February 2007 - Table of Contents

LIR February 2007 (full PDF issue)

Lab Industry Follows Pharma Into Direct-to-Consumer Marketing

Lab Execs Map Out Competitive Strategies

Sonic Deviates From Offshore Strategy, Acquires Remaining 18% of CPL

Horizon/LabCorp Deal Ousts Bio-Reference

RedPath Builds on a Convergence of Technology

New Congress to Influence Critical Laboratory, Pathology Issues

Cutting Out the Middle Man? Major Lab Players Target Patients in New Media Campaigns

Spectrum to Use Thomson’s MercuryMD Mobile EHR System

United Will Cover Oncotype DX Testing

Lab Stocks Rose 29% In 2006; Genomic Health Was Best Performer

FDA to Hold Meeting on IVDMIAs