Adam Slone to Present the 2010 Study on Executive Compensation Benefits for the Diagnostic Laboratory Industry
Leading diagnostic management expert will reveal new statistics gathered by the Dark Report at The Executive War College on April 27, 2010

Miami, FL (PRWEB and EARTHTIMES.org) February 2, 2010 -- Slone Partners today announced that CEO Adam Slone will present the Dark Report's 2010 Executive Compensation and Benefits Survey at the Executive War College in New Orleans on April 27, 2010. As the founder of the national recruitment firm specializing in management and executive leadership positions for the diagnostic laboratory industry, Slone will present this year's results with an important goal in mind; he is hoping to arm industry leaders with the knowledge to make smart hiring decisions.

"Hiring executives at the right compensation level can significantly influence the profitability of a laboratory. This is crucial information for any laboratory looking to fill key positions this year," said Adam Slone.

XIFIN Inc. CEO to Speak at Executive War College Conference
by: Bio-Medicine News

"We are excited to have Lale speak at the 2009 Executive War College," said Robert Michel, Editor of The Dark Report and leading Pathology Management Expert. "Lale is nationally-recognized for her expertise in Laboratory Billing and serves regularly on national advisory panels. For this reason her insights about the best way to implement ICD-10 will be invaluable for clinical labs and pathology groups that want to achieve this goal with minimal trouble and expense."



Wins, worries on reimbursement battlefields
by: CAP TODAY

CMS’ anti-markup rules, which went into effect this year, stripped the profit incentive from operating so-called pod or condo labs. But the rules still allow non-pathology specialties to put labs in their own offices and mark up AP services, says attorney Jane Pine Wood, who presented on the anti-markup rules and other reimbursement and regulatory issues at the 2008 Executive
War College sponsored by The Dark Report.

Lean, mean—the evergreen hunt for efficiency
by: CAP TODAY

Call this a tale of two very different laboratories that have scored similar gains in productivity, safety, and cost savings by applying Lean manufacturing and other process-improvement models. The central and common focus in their quests: the specimen.

West Tennessee Healthcare’s core lab in Jackson, Tenn., and the Cleveland Clinic Health System’s surgical pathology lab followed the flow of specimens from collection to reporting of results to identify and drive out the bottlenecks. As a result, West Tennessee has shaved its mean turnaround time from specimen collection to test results in its central lab from 71 minutes to 33 minutes, says the lab’s former executive director Leo Serrano, FACHE, CLSup(NCA), now director of laboratories at Avera McKennan Health System, Sioux Falls, SD.

Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management
by: Labs Are Vital

The Labs Are Vital campaign has been launched at a timely point in the market. Clinical labs are responding to changes in the healthcare system and managed care by wringing more productivity and services out of fewer resources.



Executive War College May 6-7 in New Orleans - News Article
by: Bnet

Trends will be front and center at this year's Executive War College on Lab and Pathology Management, in New Orleans. Leaders of the nation's most innovative laboratories will share the full details about their successes—and setbacks.


Executive War College to examine how clinical labs can optimize multiple resources.
by: MLO

Clinical labs are responding to changes in the healthcare system and managed care by wringing more productivity and services out of fewer resources.



Executive War College to examine how clinical labs can optimize multiple resources
by: AllBusiness

Top executives representing innovative labs in settings such as large hospital labs, small and rural hospital labs, and academic center labs will lead sessions. The Dark Report is a periodic intelligence report founded and published by Robert Michel. For information on War College, call (800) 560-6363 or visit www.darkreport.com.


The 13th Annual Executive War College May 13 - 14, 2008
by: CLP

Personal networking at the Executive War College is considered to be first-rate and in fact, the best in the industry. Attendees are among the lab industry's most successful leaders and define the Executive War College as their "must attend" event.


Quadax Goes to War!
by: Quadax Inc.

This conference is a chance for the upper echelon of laboratory and pathology management to come together to discuss and share information on matters critical to their industry. The War College convenes a three-day schedule of talks, presentations, Q&A, and break out sessions designed to cover all of the “hot button” issues affecting labs and pathology groups.



Slone Partners CEO to Present at Executive War College
by: Slone Partners

Slone Partners CEO, Adam Slone, will present Surprising Compensation Trends for Lab CEOs, CFOs and Senior Executives at the May 2008 Executive War College in Miami, Florida.



Only in Miami ...
by: Entrepreneur

Since the EWC all-day sessions are held in the hotel where its "students" are staying, other hotel guests were continually asking those of us with War College badges just exactly what that name meant. A consult with Robert Michel, founder and host of the EWC (and the "Frontiers in Laboratory Medicine 2006" in the UK), revealed that "symposium" and "colloquium" implied discussion, not action. "Where do our brightest and best military leaders go to learn how to win?" he asked himself. The answer? The Army and Navy War Colleges. Thus was born the Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management.



Laboratory Leaders Tip Their Hand
by: CAP Today

It's a good place to get a pulse on what’s happening with the country’s early adopter laboratories," says Robert L. Michel, editor-in-chief of The Dark Report, which sponsors the War College. The Dark Report is a business intelligence and management service for the laboratory industry.


Battle for Improved Lab Profitability Must Begin in the Billing Department
by: XIFIN Systems and later Inside ARM

White, founder and CEO of XIFIN™ Inc., will lead the first-ever national gathering of lab billing and collections experts on May 10th at the Sixth Annual Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management.

This one-day intensive workshop is designed to help laboratories improve their overall profits by using the latest Accounts Receivable management techniques and strategies. In addition to White, six speakers will cover management strategies and techniques that include work flow redesign, staff productivity, new information technology, and innovative legal and skip-tracing techniques. Case studies will showcase how innovative labs have dramatically improved billing and collections operations.



Pricing slugfest—can labs outlast blows?
by: CAP Today

The debate is on about how the shakeup is playing out and how various types of labs can and are positioning themselves to succeed in a payment arena where the gloves have come off and payers’ views and expectations of labs continue to unfold.


The Clinical Laboratory & Diagnostics industry in India, the Middle-East & Africa is booming. Are you ready to participate?
by: Labnetworx
The entry of Quest Diagnostics to India could provide the impetus to change some of our time honored methods.

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