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October 27, 2010
Millennium Announced today the launch of a new national research center, the Millennium Research Institute (MRI).
August 30, 2010
Millennium Announced today the appointment of David Cohen to Chief Operating Officer. In his capacity as COO.
August 9, 2010
Millennium Announced today a national agreement with MultiPlan, the nation's leading comprehensive provider of healthcare cost management solutions.
July 27, 2010
Millennium urges Medicare to Reconsider the 2010 Physician Reimbursement for Point-of-Care Urine Drug Screen Devices.
July 12, 2010
James Slattery has donated $2 million to the University of Washington.
June 7, 2010
James Slattery Joins Angel Flight West.
May 4, 2010
Millennium Laboratories Announces New President Howard Appel.
March 08, 2010
Alun Malone Joins Millennium Laboratories As New Business Development Executive.
February 22, 2010
Millennium Laboratories Announces National Agreement with Aetna for Pain Management Services.
February 01, 2010
Millennium Laboratories Applauds Panel's Decision to Revise Proposed Florida Rule for Clinical Lab Testing.
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Millennium Laboratories Applauds Panel's Decision to Revise
Proposed Florida Rule for Clinical Lab Testing
SAN DIEGO, CA – February 1, 2010 – Millennium Laboratories, a leading provider of therapeutic drug monitoring and education to physicians and staff treating chronic pain patients, today announced the company’s support for a recent decision by the Florida Pain Management Clinic Standards of Practice Joint Committee to amend draft regulatory language related to the certification of clinical laboratories providing services to pain physicians operating in the state.
Voting unanimously, the committee agreed January 23rd to alter a proposed state rule by requiring clinical labs providing services in Florida to be certified through the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) program. As originally written the draft rule would have required Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) certification, a program narrowly focused and intended for use with illicit drug abuse versus the abuse of controlled medications.
Millennium Laboratories’ CEO James Slattery, the only representative from the clinical laboratory community to testify before the committee, highlighted the importance of maintaining the CLIA standard and its effectiveness in ensuring that Florida doctors are able to utilize labs adhering to the highest standards possible. “I am grateful the committee afforded me the opportunity to testify in favor of maintaining the CLIA standard,” said Slattery. “By recognizing that the SAMHSA standard would have made clinical lab testing for Florida doctors decidedly more difficult and then acting accordingly, the committee should be credited for its decision. The vote to reverse this proposed language reflects awareness and flexibility that should be highly commended.”
Prior to the hearing, Millennium Laboratories had provided the committee with a comprehensive analysis that illustrated the CLIA standard as being considerably more applicable than its SAMHSA counterpart.
About Millennium Laboratories
Founded in 2007 in America's biotech capital, San Diego, Millennium Laboratories is rapidly becoming the Urine Drug Testing (UDT) resource of choice for physicians and staff focused on the treatment of chronic pain. Millennium Laboratories provides the fastest turn-around time in the industry for drug test reporting and final confirmation of results because the company is
the only major Urine Testing Laboratory exclusively utilizing the latest cutting-edge technology Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry/Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The company is also the only major Urine Drug Testing Laboratory licensed as a training facility for Toxicology Scientists.
Certified, state-of-the-art advanced training at Millennium’s 40,000 sq. ft. campus is an integral component of the University of California, San Diego’s (UCSD) doctoral program in Pharmacy. Led by Laboratory Director Amadeo Pesce, Ph.D., world-renowned Toxicologist and author, the Millennium Laboratories team are experts in mass spectrometry and high throughput chemistry. The company has developed proprietary methodologies that provide the fastest reliable urine drug testing (UDT) confirmations in the nation, usually within one business day. For more information, visit the Millennium Laboratories website, www.becausepainmatters.com
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