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Industry Insight Articles
How to Crush a Remote Interview: Top Tips for the Candidates
This article was updated on Feb. 15, 2023, to include new information. Video interviews boomed in popularity during the COVID pandemic, and despite our return to normal, the format is here to stay. This is a great tool to utilize for both parties, especially if you...
VALID Act, SALSA Expected to Be Reintroduced
A couple of key laboratory legislative issues that were put on hold at the end of 2022 now appear to be making comebacks as they seek new Congressional champions. Check out the news roundup below for the latest developments on VALID, SALSA, and more. VALID...
How to Effectively Negotiate Payer Contracts
While the future of healthcare may be value-based, the reality is most laboratories and pathologists still largely operate in a fee-for-service environment. Given that fact, understanding how to effectively track and negotiate your insurance payer contracts is a must...
What Labs May Be Missing About Timely Filing Write-Offs
By: Amy Keil, Client Manager, RCM Solutions Do you review your monthly payment adjustments? Does your biller explain what they are writing off and why? Do you have anyone that can track your payment adjustments each month? Do you know how much money you are losing...
The Cost of Directory Noncompliance Under the No Surprises Act
By: Dyana Williams, Client Manager, LLS RCM Solutions One of the less familiar provisions in the No Surprises Act is a requirement for in-network health plan provider directories to be maintained and verified no less than every 90 days. These rules apply to providers,...
When Is the Right Time to Recruit Temporary Clinical Lab Staff?
Even if you had the hardest-working laboratory staff in the world, there comes the point where every business needs extra help to get the job done. But you may not know when to start looking. Learn about some of the right times to recruit temporary clinical lab staff...
Guide to Survive: First 90 Days in a New Laboratory Job
By: Mia Phillips, Executive Recruiter, LLS Recruiting Team Regardless of the type of laboratory role you are moving into, it is completely normal to be a bit anxious when starting a new job. Although a few items in this guide might seem obvious, it’s common to get so...
3 Cost Changes Facing Labs and Providers in the New Year
By: Dyana Williams, Client Manager, Lighthouse RCM Solutions Don’t you love the way we use the phrase “perfect storm” to describe adverse situations? It does bring to mind the way that a combination of events can coalesce into something much greater than the sum of...
Why a Z-Code Identifier Doesn’t Equal MolDX Reimbursement
By: Tami Shaw, Client Manager, RCM Solutions In the Spring of 2022, states participating in a Medicare MAC utilizing the MolDX program were subject to changes requiring registration for Infectious Disease testing if the panel in question is a lab developed test (LDT)....
News & Press Releases
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...
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...