Laboratory and diagnostics companies are urging Congress to halt Medicare reimbursement cuts for hundreds of clinical tests set to take effect Jan. 31. CMS plans to implement up to 15% reductions to ...

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Medical laboratory scientists collect samples and perform lab tests, calibrate and maintain equipment, and perform statistical analysis. Their work is crucial for clinicians to diagnose diseases.

In addition to the cost, the excessive overuse of laboratory testing causes patient discomfort and can lead to hospital-acquired anemia, which results in additional testing, prolonged hospitalizations ...

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Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments, or CLIA, are a high bar as set by the US Government under Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment 42 CFR 493.1253 to obtain and maintain quality ...

Hepatitis C is a tiny virus with a significant impact. It's a small RNA virus that spreads through the blood and infects the liver. Even though today's medicines can cure it, hepatitis C remains a ...

Stem Pharm, a Madison biotech startup, is using lab-created 3D "organoids" to develop a treatment for Alzheimer's disease. In April, the FDA and NIH announced plans to incentivize so-called "new ...

The same historic facilities that some 50 years ago prepared NASA's twin Voyager probes for their ongoing interstellar ...