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2026 Laboratory Professionals Wage and Morale Report
Introduction Lighthouse Lab Services’ fifth annual wage and morale survey finds a laboratory workforce with mixed experiences. A majority of respondents are satisfied in their roles, yet half report understaffing and more than four in ten feel overworked. Raises are...
Step-by-Step Guide to Starting Your Own CLIA Laboratory Business
Starting a CLIA certified lab business requires extensive research and planning. And it’s important to hire professional staff members who can follow the proper procedures so that you build a lab that can maintain or earn credentialing from CLIA, CAP, and/or COLA.
Medical Laboratory Candidate Corner: September 2026
At Lighthouse Lab Services, our Recruiting and Lab Director teams specialize in maintaining a roster of dozens of highly qualified candidates across all specialties and spectrums of the medical laboratory industry. From CLIA Lab Directors to bench-level scientists of...
Pennsylvania Medicaid Approves Addition of Key FNA Pathology Codes Following Advocacy Effort
Unpacking the Reimbursement Issue In a significant reimbursement development for pathologists across Pennsylvania, Lighthouse Lab Services successfully advocated for the addition of CPT codes 88172, 88173, and 88177 to the Pennsylvania Medical Assistance (Medicaid)...
Laboratory RCM Case Study: Brown University Health
A Q&A with Christopher Burks, Vice President of Laboratory and Support Services, Brown University Health. How laboratory-specialized RCM consulting helped a high-volume health system strengthen billing oversight, refine workflows, and create a durable plan for...
Medical Necessity: How Payers Turned Coverage Restrictions into the Moral High Ground
By: Jon Harol, Founder, LLS When did an insurer’s decision not to pay for a laboratory test become evidence that the test shouldn’t be performed? Over more than two decades working in the clinical laboratory industry, I have watched the concept of “medical necessity”...
Case Studies
Pennsylvania Medicaid Approves Addition of Key FNA Pathology Codes Following Advocacy Effort
Unpacking the Reimbursement Issue In a significant reimbursement development for pathologists across Pennsylvania, Lighthouse Lab Services successfully advocated for the addition of CPT codes 88172, 88173, and 88177 to the Pennsylvania Medical Assistance (Medicaid)...
Laboratory RCM Case Study: Brown University Health
A Q&A with Christopher Burks, Vice President of Laboratory and Support Services, Brown University Health. How laboratory-specialized RCM consulting helped a high-volume health system strengthen billing oversight, refine workflows, and create a durable plan for...
Expanding Molecular PCR Services by Securing Nationwide Payer Contracts
Client: Infinite Genomics, LLC Overview Infinite Genomics was formed as a molecular diagnostic laboratory in 2021. Although the lab is located in North Little Rock Arkansas, it intended to offer PCR services to providers across the nation. To put that plan...
Company News & Press Releases
Laboratory RCM Case Study: Brown University Health
A Q&A with Christopher Burks, Vice President of Laboratory and Support Services, Brown University Health. How laboratory-specialized RCM consulting helped a high-volume health system strengthen billing oversight, refine workflows, and create a durable plan for...
Lighthouse Lab Services Acquires MJB Lab Consulting, Expanding Laboratory Medical Leadership Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Acquisition strengthens CLIA Laboratory Director and Authorizing MD capabilities while preserving the personalized service and trusted physician relationships MJB clients value. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — July 16, 2026 — Lighthouse Lab Services today...
Lighthouse Lab Services Announces Strategic Partnership with Lab Symplified
Lighthouse Lab Services is excited to announce a strategic partnership with Lab Symplified, a laboratory operations software platform designed to help laboratories improve inventory management, strengthen compliance efforts, and streamline day-to-day operations. As...
Lighthouse Acquires MJB Lab Consulting, Expanding Medical Leadership Services