Industry Insights
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Industry Insight Articles
Molecular Test Reimbursement: MolDX, Z-Codes & Payer Reform
If you work in a clinical or molecular lab, you’re living this tension every day: advancements in testing keep moving forward, but reimbursement rules lag months or even years behind.
Keys to Adding a Laboratory to Your Gastroenterology Practice
Building a laboratory within a gastroenterology (GI)practice can be a strategic move to boost control over your samples and improve your standing with private payers, providing physicians with opportunities for increased efficiency and revenue. In this guide, we'll...
Balancing Compliance, Risk, and Revenue in Toxicology Testing
For many labs, toxicology has long been a top target for payer audits. Reimbursement cuts and stricter “medical necessity” interpretations are raising denials, claw-backs, and scrutiny, especially around frequency of testing and documentation quality.
Medical Laboratory Candidate Corner: November 2025
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...
3 Key Benefits of Building an In-House Laboratory
As physician practices and community healthcare providers consistently seek to improve quality and provide better value to patients, one pathway that can achieve both outcomes is to move laboratory testing in-house. In addition to offering a better patient experience...
How Medical Labs Can Grow in a Changing Healthcare Landscape
In a recent interview with Life Sciences Decoded, Lighthouse Lab Services Founder Jon Harol sat down to share his perspective on what separates the labs that are struggling from those that are thriving. He discusses how preparedness, strong leadership, and a healthy...
Case Studies
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...
Medical Billing Audit Unlocks $20K in Claims After Cyberattack
As we look back at recent trends, 2024 may go down as the year of the cyberattack. In February of last year, the Change Healthcare breach made national headlines as the largest healthcare cyberattack in history, halting claims submission and disrupting payments across the country.
Case Study: Using Billing Data to Bolster Lab Contract Negotiations
Overview A leading laboratory client was initially offered a reimbursement rate of 100% Medicare for their commercial policies. Given that commercial payors typically reimburse significantly higher than Medicare rates, accepting this offer would have left substantial...
Company News & Press Releases
How Medical Labs Can Grow in a Changing Healthcare Landscape
In a recent interview with Life Sciences Decoded, Lighthouse Lab Services Founder Jon Harol sat down to share his perspective on what separates the labs that are struggling from those that are thriving. He discusses how preparedness, strong leadership, and a healthy...
Lighthouse and Sampled Partner to Expand Solutions for Research & Clinical Labs
Charlotte, NC – June 25, 2025 Lighthouse Lab Services, the leading provider of end-to-end consulting and operational support for clinical and research laboratories, today announced a new strategic partnership with Sampled, a globally recognized integrated analytical...
2024 Best of the Medical Laboratory Awards
Earlier this year, Lighthouse Lab Services conducted public polls on LinkedIn and our newsletters to determine the best service providers in the medical laboratory industry! We asked for the lab community's help in recognizing the best of the best, and they responded...
