Phoenix friend Greg Ingle, CEO of Clinical Lab Consultants, was interviewed by the WSJ regarding Theranos and their troubles with CMS (and just about everybody else). Greg summed it up tidily by saying, "they failed Lab 101."

Don't be like Theranos. You may be small, you may be just starting out, or you may be an established lab thinking you're a small target and have nothing to worry about. Phoenix is here to tell you two things. First, it doesn't matter how large or how small you are, compliance and patient safety are your FIRST priority. Second, do you really want to be the lab leader who "squeaks under the radar"?

I know a lab leader who lives by the creed that it's better to beg forgiveness than to ask permission. That may work if you have a lead foot on the highway, but laboratory clients and patients deserve better than that.

Blaze through Lab 101 with flying colors! Make your regulatory inspectors cheer! Give your team a laboratory they are proud to work for!

Watch the video here and then call Phoenix. We'll help you get it done right the first time.

Phoenix is taking wing, bringing our expertise to laboratories, instrument manufacturers, and service providers everywhere we go. This is an exciting time around here, even more so now that Phoenix Laboratory Consulting has partnered with The Hunt Group. Between our laboratory expertise and Hunt's billing experience, we can provide end-to-end solutions to ensure your laboratory business is operating at exceptional levels of quality and compliance.

Frankly, we're pretty darn excited!​

Phoenix will soon have a new home and I couldn't be more excited. We'll be developing new tests and improving on others. We'll be working directly with vendors to improve their products and workflows, and to design and develop brand-new instruments and interpretive technologies, too!

The primary mission of Phoenix is to improve the practice of Personalized Medicine, no matter who is performing it or where.

We operate on principles of integrity and are driven to share knowledge wherever we go, learning as much as we teach. We are committed to sharing the benefit of our experience to make your path more smooth, in whatever way we can.

Few things make the Phoenix happier than to see partnerships like the one announced today between particular friends XIFIN and Translational Software. Individually, each company provides exceptional value--not to mention teams of super-smart and just plain Good People. Together, they stand to create a new standard of quality in laboratory reporting, systems management, and billing, with an end-to-end, cloud-based solution.

Genetic testing is a rapidly expanding field and it can be difficult to keep up with new findings, recommendations, and standards. And don't even get us started on the shifting sands of the billing environment!

This new partnership will yield a solution to ensure your laboratory is providing genotype interpretations based on the most current scientific recommendations and that every facet of your business is operating at its absolute best.

Phoenix recommends XIFIN and Translational with no reservations--and they don't pay me to say it!

Disclaimer: Nope, no disclaimer. They really didn't pay me to write this.