Clinical laboratory leaders are keeping their eye on Congress in advance of potential significant reductions in federal funding for medical laboratory tests in the 2012 federal budget. But while many lab industry associations have alerted members to potential cuts, a recent Dark Daily enewsletter reports that few clinical lab managers and ...

I have always been a little uncomfortable with the saying ''the squeaky wheel gets the oil.''  I understand the sentiment, but I did not philosophically agree that one had to be loud or confrontational to be heard. I have to say that in the case of the CMS requirement for physician signature on lab requisitions, the ...