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Medical Laboratory Candidate Corner: May 2025

Medical Laboratory Candidate Corner: May 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...

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Developing a Custom Test Menu for Urine Drug Testing

Developing a Custom Test Menu for Urine Drug Testing

Creating an effective toxicology urine drug test menu tailored to your practice's patient population is a multifaceted process. It requires balancing clinical needs, regulatory compliance, and effective use of resources to ensure that testing contributes meaningfully...

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What Is CLIA-Waived Testing? A Guide for Physicians

What Is CLIA-Waived Testing? A Guide for Physicians

As more physicians explore whether to bring diagnostic testing in-house, understanding the difference between CLIA-waived and moderately complex testing is critical. Whether you’re operating a physician office lab (POL), an urgent care center, a pharmacy, or a health...

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FDA’s Final Rule on LDTs Vacated and New Lab Policy Updates

FDA’s Final Rule on LDTs Vacated and New Lab Policy Updates

In a rapidly shifting regulatory landscape brought on by changes from the new Trump Administration, clinical laboratories are navigating a host of challenges ranging from legal battles over testing oversight to shrinking reimbursement rates and rising operational...

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How Much Does It Cost to Build a Clinical Laboratory?

How Much Does It Cost to Build a Clinical Laboratory?

Whether you are a physician who is part of the growing trend to move clinical laboratory testing into your clinic, or an entrepreneur seeking to start a new independent medical lab, you likely have questions about the true cost of building a clinical lab. Starting a...

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3 Things to Know When Billing for Genetic and Molecular Testing

3 Things to Know When Billing for Genetic and Molecular Testing

As labs throughout the country continue to explore new revenue streams in the face of seemingly endless annual cuts from CMS and commercial payers, many are adding genetic testing and molecular diagnostics to their test menus. However, due to a patchwork of regional...

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News & Press Releases

2024 Best of the Medical Laboratory Awards

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...

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Celebrating Lighthouse Lab Services’ 20th Anniversary

Celebrating Lighthouse Lab Services’ 20th Anniversary

This September marks a significant milestone for Lighthouse Lab Services as we celebrate our 20th anniversary. Over the past two decades, we have grown from a small startup focused on recruiting to a leading provider of all medical laboratory consulting and management...

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Celebrating Lighthouse’s Biggest Achievements of 2022

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...

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Lighthouse Lab Services Ranks No. 999 on the 2022 Inc. 5000 List

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...

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Giving Back by Volunteering with Lighthouse Lab Services

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...

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