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Industry Insight Articles
Antibody Testing Reimbursement
How antibody testing can bolster your lab’s revenue stream With Covid-19 diagnostic testing numbers declining throughout the country as vaccines proliferate, and the Center for Disease Control recommending vaccinated individuals skip testing, now is a good time for...
The Benefit of Neutralizing Antibody Tests
What Exactly is a Neutralizing Antibody? As more and more people in the United States get vaccinated against COVID-19, the number of new cases is falling each day. However, these vaccines are not 100% effective. The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines have efficacy...
Understanding How to Bill for COVID-19 Surveillance Testing
Labs planning to perform regular surveillance testing should understand that commercial payors and CMS are not necessarily required to cover it. While the recent Feb. 26 Executive Order from President Biden stipulated all COVID-19 tests performed for individual...
What is Surveillance Testing and How Does it Work?
The Value of Surveillance Testing How does surveillance testing differ from other types of COVID-19 testing? While individual diagnostic testing is primarily designed to track and verify COVID-19 positivity in those who have contracted the SARS-CoV-2...
The Covid Crisis through the eyes of a Medical Lab Scientist
Written by Akai Hunter. “Just suck it up” Whatever you do, if you mess up, just suck it up and start over! Usually, advice like this could seem harsh to say in the workplace, but in my line of work, this statement is actually comforting. Today’s world...
Asymptomatic SARS Cov-2 virus carriers: Silent spreaders of the pandemic
Written by Varsha Meghnani, PhD, ASCP, NRCC. Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has led to more than 70 million confirmed cases, with over 1.6 million deaths globally. The virus which is believed to be originated from the Seafood...
Future of COVID-19 Testing in the Clinical Lab Industry
In light of the recent vaccine announcements, many in the clinical lab industry wonder in what direction the COVID-19 testing market is headed. To answer this and a few other questions, we’ve put together this short industry insights article. Lighthouse Lab Services...
Expert Insights: Pooled Testing’s Promise for the Rapid Expansion of COVID-19 Testing.
In this webinar, we host the nation's Pooled Testing Experts as they share a case study on how Sample Pooling helped one COVID-19 testing lab significantly reduce cost and increase throughput. Also, we covered these topics: 1. What is pooled testing and how has...
FAQs about COVID-19 Testing
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, we have multiple inquires per day from individuals contemplating starting a COVID-19 testing lab or considering adding this line of testing to their existing lab. Outlined below are the most frequently asked questions. What...
News & Press Releases
Press Release: Lighthouse Lab Services Acquires Nation’s Premiere Pathology and Laboratory Revenue Cycle Auditing Firm, Vachette Pathology
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - April 12, 2021 (Charlotte, NC): At the beginning of April, North Carolina-based Lighthouse Lab Services is proud to announce its acquisition of Vachette Pathology of Sylvania, Ohio. Lighthouse Lab Services adds new expertise and...
Learn More About Our New CEO
Mark Roth went from laid off to CEO of an industry-leading Laboratory Consulting firm in the US. Elite Diagnostics, LLC, and Lighthouse Lab Services announced in March that they have completed a merger of their business operations. This merger creates...
Press Release: Transaction Creates Industry-Leading Laboratory Consulting and Recruiting Firm in US
Elite Diagnostics and Lighthouse Lab Services Complete Merger Charlotte, NC/Holly Springs, NC— March 4th, 2020 — Elite Diagnostics, LLC, and Lighthouse Lab Services, in partnership with NaviMed Capital, a Washington, DC-based healthcare-focused private equity...
A Letter From Our Founder
I am excited to announce that Lighthouse Recruiting, LLC, Laboratory Start-Up Consultants, LLC and Laboratory Broker, LLC are merging to become Lighthouse Lab Services, effective April 2018. Separately, our companies have developed innovative ways to offer solutions...