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NY State Lab Directors Could Oversee More Facilities Under Proposed Rules
By: Tara Luellen, VP of Lab Director Services, Lighthouse Lab Services New York State recently proposed several amendments to regulations regarding laboratory directors (LDs), including moves that would impact the number of laboratories they can oversee and the...
The Most Cost-Effective Hire for Your Clinical Lab
Note: This article was updated on May 10, 2023, to ensure salary figures and the information within is still current. Having a director for your high-complexity CLIA lab is a requirement, but did you know that a part-time lab director could be an appropriate option...
Combination of Fentanyl and Xylazine Marked as Emerging Drug Threat
Toxicology labs and pain management providers should be on alert for the combination of fentanyl and xylazine after the White House recently designated the mixture of these drugs as an emerging threat to the United States. Xylazine, also known as tranq or tranq dope,...
Preparing for the ABMGG Certification Exams
By: Alli Hill, Recruiting Associate, Lighthouse Lab Services One of the approved board certifications you can take to become qualified to be a high-complexity CLIA lab director is the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG). There are currently three...
Reintroduction of SALSA Aims to Fix Lab PAMA Reporting
Independent laboratories have been pushed to the brink of financial instability in recent years due to the price cuts mandated by the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA). However, as part of a yearslong effort to rectify the problematic pricing and...
Preparing for the American Board of Bioanalysis Exams
By: Alli Hill, Recruiting Associate, Lighthouse Lab Services One of the approved board certifications you can obtain to become eligible as a high-complexity CLIA lab director (HCLD) is from the American Board of Bioanalysis (ABB). There are five different levels of...
What Does It Cost to Start an In-House Pathology Lab?
Starting an in-house pathology lab, or physician office laboratory (POL), provides a number of benefits for both physicians and patients. A POL is a lab that operates within a physician's office or clinic and offers diagnostic testing and pathology services to...
Preparing for ABCC Certification Exams
By: Alli Hill, Recruiting Associate, Lab Director Services One CLIA-approved board certification is the American Board of Clinical Chemistry (ABCC). There are three certifications available through this board: Clinical Chemistry, Toxicological Chemistry, and Molecular...
9 Must-Have Skills for Your Lab Technician Resume
By: Andrei Kurtuy, guest contributor, Co-Founder & CCO of Novoresume.com For any career, you need a strong resume to help get your foot in the door and lab technicians are no exception. But as someone in the Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) field,...
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