Secret Meeting Between Scientists and Thought Leaders at Harvard to Discuss Creating Synthetic Human Genome Sparks Controversy; Were Pathologists in Attendance?

Jul 25, 2016 | Digital Pathology, Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Pathology, Laboratory Testing, Management & Operations

The idea that human beings could be created without biological parents sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but it’s not, and the technology could be available in the not so distant future It’s not known how many pathologists and clinical chemists were in attendance at a secret meeting that took place in Boston in May, which was organized to investigate the feasibility of building a synthetic human genome. Nearly 150 scientists, lawyers, entrepreneurs, and ethicists met in a closed-door...

Good News for Honest Clinical Laboratories: Federal Fraud Case in New Jersey Brings More Convictions and Indictments of Doctors Who Accepted Illegal Inducements

Jul 22, 2016 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Pathology, Laboratory Testing, Managed Care Contracts & Payer Reimbursement

Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services fraud case continues to bring more criminal convictions of physicians in a rare case of tough federal enforcement of anti-kickback laws There’s good news for sales representatives who work for clinical laboratories and anatomic pathology groups and regularly run up against the sales practices of shyster labs that offer inducements to that class of doctors who are open to personal enrichment by accepting different forms of kickbacks in return for lab test...
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