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Elevating Your Lab Director Position to Hire Top Talent
By: Tara Luellen, MA, Vice President of Laboratory Director Services, Lighthouse Lab Services Click here to read Part 1 of our breakdown on how to approach hiring a Lab Director Recently, we outlined the duties and importance of the Lab Director position and the...
The Difficulties of Hiring a Lab Director
By: Tara Luellen, MA, Vice President of Laboratory Director Services, Lighthouse Lab Services Laboratory Directors of clinical diagnostic labs are required to meet several qualifications to be approved by CLIA and/or an accrediting body as the Lab Director; amongst...
Is My Lab Required to Report PAMA Data?
Originally put into effect in 2017, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) requires many labs to report private payer data for clinical diagnostic lab tests to CMS every three years. The data is used to determine median payments in an effort to bring the...
The Difference Between EKRA and Anti-Kickback Statute
While the legal intent of the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) overlaps in several areas with existing Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), EKRA is separate offense with some substantial distinctions that serve to make the law more stringent for laboratories than...
How to Avoid Running Afoul of EKRA
Although the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) was first put into effect in 2018, there has been significant uncertainty concerning how the beefed-up anti-kickback rule will be applied as the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency winds down. With the DOJ now...
Therapeutic & Diagnostic Applications of SARS-Cov-2 Neutralizing Antibodies
By: Varsha Meghnani, Ph.D., NRCC, ASCP The COVID-19 pandemic due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus has led to a global health emergency with more than 3 million deaths worldwide [1]. Due to the high transmission rate of the virus, it frequently passes from one host to...
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...
News & Press Releases
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...