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Industry Insight Articles
Medicare Advantage Payors to Require DEX Z-Codes
By: Cassie Penn, Client Manager On October 1, 2021, certain Medicare Advantage Payors, such as UHC, began requiring providers to submit DEX Z-Codes. Other Medicare Advantage Payors may now similarly start utilizing and requiring the use of DEX Z-Codes, according to a...
Can Payors Recoup COVID Testing Claims During the PHE?
Ask Ann is a new revenue cycle management mailbag headed by Ann Lambrix, Vice President of RCM Consulting for Lighthouse Lab Services. Each month, Ann will be tackling the burning billing and reimbursement questions from our clinical laboratory and pathology clients....
How to Create a Safe Laboratory for Your Employees
In a laboratory, workplace safety is a paramount concern. Laboratory equipment, supplies, and waste present many chances for items to get damaged and people to get hurt. But accidents and unwanted outcomes can be avoided in a laboratory that fosters a safe work...
Navigating Payment Disputes Under the No Surprises Act
By: Tracy Augustyniak, Client Manager “Heads or tails?” That's what goes through my mind when I think about the Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process. The IDR is the process in which an arbitrator decides certain disputes between payors and providers...
Key Components of Any Successful Laboratory Business Plan
One of the first steps you need to take to transform your ideas for a lab business into a functioning laboratory is to create a business plan. A business plan details your business’s objectives and how it will achieve its goals. Your business plan will help keep...
What is MolDX and When Do I Need a Z-Code?
Information provided by Tami Shaw, Client Manager, Lighthouse Lab Services Palmetto and WPS have delayed enforcement of the LCD highlighted in this article until May 17, 2022. The LCD will go into effect for CGS and Noridian on June 2, 2022. Laboratories performing...
DCLS Graduate Aims to Increase Medical Lab Visibility
Talk to most medical laboratory professionals about their involvement in the patient care process, and you’re likely to hear them describe the need to increase the visibility of the vital role they play. For Dr. Melissa Bell, DCLS, MS, BS, MLS (ASCP)cm, that desire to...
Top Questions to Ask Your Laboratory Startup Consultants
There are a lot of laboratory consultants out there, so how do you know which one to choose? The key to finding the best laboratory startup consultants for your new lab is conducting interviews and asking specific questions. Certain questions will help you gain a...
How Medicare Policy Affects Molecular Testing Reimbursement
By: Cassie Penn, Client Manager, Lighthouse Lab Services/Vachette As the clinical laboratory advances, we are seeing molecular testing become more available with a wide array of different tests available to physicians and patients. With the increase of molecular...
News & Press Releases
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,...
Press Release: Lighthouse makes Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - August 17, 2021 Lighthouse Lab Services makes Inc. Magazine’s Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies—the Inc. 5000 For the 3rd Time, Lighthouse Lab Services Appears on the Inc. 5000, Ranking No. 1,156 ...
In the Company of Heroes: Our Values and Culture at Lighthouse
By Dionne Blount, versatile reinforcement for Charlotte HQ of Lighthouse Lab Services (but you can call us L.M.S.I.). When examining the things I feel knowledgeable about in my work at Lighthouse, I was led to reflect on all the things I do not know or fully...
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...