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         <title><![CDATA[OIG Nixes Free Test Tube Labeling]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[A laboratory's proposal to label test tubes and specimen collection containers at no cost to dialysis facilities could potentially generate administrative sanctions under teh anti-kickback statute, the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) says in an advisory opinion released May 9 (No. 08-06).]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[FDA Clears ParagonDX's Warfarin Genotyping Test]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Entering a crowded market, the company plans to compete on price and time-to-result.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[LabCorp Expands Companion Diagnostic Development Focus with Siemens Partnership]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Laboratory testing leader expands presence in companion diagnostic sector]]></description>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.g2reports.com/issues/news/news/breakingnews/315-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS]]></link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Molecular Dx: Global Market Growth to Top an Estimated $5B in ’08]]></title>
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         <link><![CDATA[http://www.g2reports.com/issues/news/news/breakingnews/314-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS]]></link>
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         <title><![CDATA[HHS Issues Draft Compliance Guidance for Nursing Homes]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Maryland Enacts Direct Billing Law for Anatomic Pathology]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Top Advisory Panel Calls For FDA, CMS Changes in Genetic Test Oversight]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Beckman Coulter Licenses HCV Test from Siemens]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Myriad Genetics to Expand Direct-to-Consumer Marketing Campaign]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Court Dismisses Case Against Anti-Markup Rule]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[House Passes Ban on Genetic Discrimination, Measure Ready for Signing]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Legislation to protect patients from genetic discrimination by employers and health insurers cleared the House May 1 by a vote of 414-1 and now goes to the President who has indicated he will sign it. The legislation passed the Senate unanimously last week, by a vote of 95-0. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[LabCorp Confronting Increased Bad Debt, DSO in Q1 ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Company Confronting Challenging Economic Climate]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Senate Passes Genetic Anti-Discrimination Bill]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Legislation to protect Americans from genetic discrimination by employers and health insurers cleared the Senate April 24 by a vote of 95-0. The House is expected to follow suit soon and the President is expected to sign it into law.]]></description>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.g2reports.com/issues/news/news/breakingnews/305-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS]]></link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Reproductive Testing Volume Helps Drives Genzyme Genetics Up 12% in Q1]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Higher volumes of reproductive testing contributes to growth in first quarter of 2008.]]></description>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.g2reports.com/issues/news/news/breakingnews/304-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS]]></link>
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         <title><![CDATA[CMS Mandates Switch to Single Medicare ABN by Sept. 1]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[By no later than Sept. 1 of this year, clinical laboratories, physicians, and other providers billing Medicare Part B must use the newly revised Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) recently issued by the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services. The revised single-page ABN replaces the standardized general-use and lab-specific forms that CMS has required since 2003.]]></description>
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