Industry Insights
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Industry Insight Articles
Medical Laboratory Candidate Corner: July 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...
10 Laboratory Quality Indicators Every Lab Should Be Tracking
Most laboratories understand the importance of quality monitoring. The challenge is deciding what to monitor and ensuring your staff understands why those metrics are being tracked. Too often, quality management programs become overloaded with metrics that generate...
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...
A Practical Guide to Building and Maintaining a Compliant CLIA Laboratory
Clinical laboratories operate in a regulatory environment where quality and reliability are non-negotiable. The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments set the national baseline for test quality, and understanding how CLIA applies to your operation is essential,...
Why Multi-Cancer Early Detection Could Transform Clinical Laboratories
The clinical laboratory industry may be on the verge of one of its largest growth opportunities in decades. The catalyst is the emergence of Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) testing, blood-based screening assays capable of detecting signals associated with multiple cancers simultaneously.
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.
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
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...
Championing Laboratory Excellence: Lighthouse Joins ASCP as a Supporting Partner for the Leading Laboratories Program
We are excited to announce Lighthouse Lab Services has officially become a Supporting Partner of the Leading Laboratories recognition program, established by the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP). Through this new partnership, we are dedicated to...
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...
