After a federal judge denied efforts by San Diego laboratories to stop the competitive bidding process through a temporary restraining order (TRO), the plaintiffs are now preparing to ask for an injunction to stop the program before the winning laboratories are announced in April. The three plaintiffs in the case are Sharp HealthCare and Scripps Health laboratories, as well as the Internist Laboratory of Oceanside, California.

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March 2008 - Table of Contents

LIR March 2008 (full PDF issue)

More Labs Turn to Alternative Competitive Strategies as Contract Prices Decline

Quest Projects 9% Growth in 2008 Revenues, LabCorp Sees 13%

Physicians Name Insurance, Billing Woes as Top Nat’l Lab Complaints

Benchmarking the National Labs—Quest and LabCorp Post Gains in Revenue per FTE

As Managed Care Upheavals Subside, It’s Time for Labs to Strategize

San Diego Labs Hope for Injunction to Halt Comp Bidding Demo

Symbion Deal Consolidates Australia’s Pathology Market

As Quest Boosts Sales Efforts, Here’s How to Compete

Lab Index Down 7% Over 5 Wks; Quest Down 5%, LabCorp Up 8% in February

UnitedHealth in NY AG Cuomo’s Crosshairs for Reimbursement Fraud