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Industry Insight Articles
The Significance of Medical Necessity and CO-50 Denials
By: Dyana Williams, Client Engagement Manager Medical necessity plays a pivotal role in determining whether a service or procedure will be covered by insurance. It refers to the requirement that a healthcare service must be appropriate and essential for the diagnosis...
Understanding the Keys to Diagnostic Test Reimbursement
In the complex landscape of laboratory and diagnostic test reimbursement, it can be difficult to understand how best to pursue coding and payment strategies for new tests when working across various government and private payers. One straightforward approach is to...
Understanding Stark Law and Its Impact on Physician Office Labs
Disclaimer: This blog is a marketing piece designed to promote our services and provide general information about Stark Law. It is not intended to serve as a legal document or legal guidance for Stark Law compliance. The Physician Self-Referral Law, often referred to...
CMS Allows Continuation of Remote Review, Definitive Drug Testing LCDs Retired
In a win for digital pathology, CMS released new draft guidance this month clarifying that pathologists and other lab personnel may continue to review digital laboratory data, results, and images (“digital materials”) remotely, without obtaining a separate CLIA...
Why Mastering the Front End is Crucial to Lab RCM
By: Cassie Penn, Client Manager, Lighthouse Lab Services Laboratories have been in a whirlwind since the COVID pandemic started in 2019. Now that we have reached the end of the pandemic and the Public Health Emergency, laboratories need to work on tightening up their...
Watch for Shifts in COVID Testing Pay Ratio as Emergency Ends
By: Ann Lambrix, VP of RCM Consulting, Lighthouse Lab Services. About this article: Our monthly "RCM Industry Spotlight" series highlights timely findings from Lighthouse's proprietary RCM Spotlight denial management tool. If you'd like to learn more about how...
NY State Lab Directors Could Oversee More Facilities Under Proposed Rules
By: Tara Luellen, VP of Lab Director Services, Lighthouse Lab Services New York State recently proposed several amendments to regulations regarding laboratory directors (LDs), including moves that would impact the number of laboratories they can oversee and the...
The Most Cost-Effective Hire for Your Clinical Lab
Note: This article was updated on May 10, 2023, to ensure salary figures and the information within is still current. Having a director for your high-complexity CLIA lab is a requirement, but did you know that a part-time lab director could be an appropriate option...
Combination of Fentanyl and Xylazine Marked as Emerging Drug Threat
Toxicology labs and pain management providers should be on alert for the combination of fentanyl and xylazine after the White House recently designated the mixture of these drugs as an emerging threat to the United States. Xylazine, also known as tranq or tranq dope,...
News & Press Releases
Lighthouse Strengthens Management Offerings with Acquisition of Pathology Lab Solutions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 18, 2023 (Charlotte, NC): Today, Lighthouse Lab Services (LLS) announced the acquisition of Pathology Lab Solutions (PLS), a pathology-focused consulting and equipment company primarily servicing GI physician practices. Founded in...
Celebrating Lighthouse’s Biggest Achievements of 2022
While 2022 introduced many challenges to the clinical laboratory industry, it also was a year that saw lab professionals and stakeholders band together to advocate for the profession and achieve meaningful reform to help better serve their communities. From staving...
Lighthouse Lab Services Ranks No. 999 on the 2022 Inc. 5000 List
For the 4th Time, Lighthouse Lab Services Appears on the Inc. 5000, Ranking No. 999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Charlotte, NC, Aug. 19, 2022 – Inc. has revealed Lighthouse Lab Services is No. 999 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the...
Giving Back by Volunteering with Lighthouse Lab Services
Pictured above: (Standing) Holly Wolford, Jennifer Zink, Beth Madden. (Seated) Grant Mitchell, Tracy Augustyniak, Kayli Miller. Not pictured: Ann Lambrix By: Tracy Augustyniak, Client Manager Do you work for a company like mine that encourages employees to volunteer...
Press Release: Lighthouse’s SARS-CoV-2 Assays Detect the Omicron Variant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Dec. 2, 2021 (Charlotte, NC): Following a thorough analysis, Lighthouse Lab Services announces its SARS-CoV-2 assays will detect the Omicron variant. Lighthouse Lab Services has conducted an analysis of all publicly available genetic sequences...
Press Release: Lighthouse Unveils RCM Spotlight to Track Payer Performance, Enhance Revenue
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Nov. 15, 2021 (Charlotte, NC): Lighthouse Lab Services unveils new cloud-based AI software to analyze healthcare payer performance and identify revenue enhancement opportunities Lighthouse Lab Services, the nation’s leading laboratory...
Press Release: FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 Assay from Lighthouse Lab Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Nov. 1, 2021 (Charlotte, NC): FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 Assay from Lighthouse Lab Services Lighthouse Lab Services, a national leader in laboratory consulting services, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug...
The Hybrid Work-Flex Model: How Lighthouse Lab Services Has Adapted to the Modern Workplace
Disclaimer: Flexible work arrangements were put into place by Lighthouse Lab Services as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic. While the ability to create flexible work plans with the approval of supervisors and Human Resources remains in place for many Lighthouse...
Press Release: Lighthouse Acquires Burns Consulting Group, Strengthens Managed Care Contracting Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 18, 2021 (Charlotte, NC): Finalized in August, North Carolina-based Lighthouse Lab Services is proud to announce its acquisition of Burns Consulting Group, with offices in Houston, Texas, and Kansas City, Mo. With this acquisition,...