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Laboratory Management Services
Our laboratory management consultants help you thrive in the face of regulation, consolidation, and shifting business demands.
No two labs are the same. Yet all are challenged to sustain growth, compete, and remain compliant in a highly complex environment.
Since 2005, Colaborate has served the management needs of independent and hospital-based laboratories. Our team has applied industry-recognized insights and unwavering dedication to support more than 500 clients with lasting solutions.
As a full-service laboratory management adviser. Colaborate services cover financial, technical, workforce and strategic demands. Our clients have the resources to address issues and mitigate challenges before they become obstacles to growth or compliance risks. And they know that every solution reflects a commitment to maintaining a healthy bottom line.
HEAR FROM CLIENTS
“Colaborate’s IT healthcare experience was a key differentiating factor in selecting a consultant for our LIS system selection/replacement project. Their ability to work with IT, Lab and Administration was fundamental to the success of our project.”
System Sr. VP & CIO | Technology Innovation
Colaborate Laboratory Management Services
Running a successful and compliant laboratory comes with an array of challenges. No matter how experienced or knowledgeable an individual or his or her team is, often there is not enough time in the day to oversee every aspect of managing a lab. Many times, labs will outsource all or some of the lab management processes to a laboratory consulting company.
Colaborate is proud to offer a variety of lab management, consulting, and advisory services. Below are our more popular management services, but we also help with planning, compliance, and performance improvement for labs in various stages, whether it be a new laboratory build or a health system and laboratory integration. Let us know how we can help!
Financial Services
Facing marketplace issues, shifting practice patterns, reimbursement demands, and complex regulations most labs are forced to take their focus off work they’re in business to do. Colaborate helps you manage risks and uncertainties, and put reliable financial processes in place, so you can have confidence that your financial operations are sound, and your lab is positioned for stability.
We work as your partner and lab management guide so you can establish financial, strategic, and operational structures to support a successful, growing business.
- Accounts Receivable
- Billing Management
- Buy/Sell Transactions
- Compensation Analysis
- Laboratory Management
- Molecular Testing
- Outreach Development
- Revenue Cycle
Interim Management
Your clinical or hospital-based laboratory business cannot run with critical gaps in personnel. Colaborate employs industry experts with years of experience in the day-to-day management of complex laboratory operations. We can step in to provide interim solutions, even on short notice, until you can identify, hire, and train the right permanent team members.
- Billing Manager
- CFO
- Compliance Officer
- Controller
- IT Manager
- Lab Manager
- Outreach Management
Information Systems Technology
Colaborate is a full-service laboratory and healthcare information technology (IT) consultancy. Our laboratory management consultants understand how vital it is to keep your clinical information systems integrated and your connectivity solutions working reliably and on budget.
With detailed planning, solutions analysis, consulting, and careful implementation (including sophisticated interface design and development), we integrate even the most disparate systems and ensure they run smoothly and securely. Your valued capital and operating budgets are leveraged fully, delivering automation improvements and addressing key clinical lab hot buttons before they become obstacles to your progress.
Staffing and Benchmarking
Labor is one of the most significant fixed costs for every clinical or hospital-based laboratory. How you develop, compensate, and benchmark your full-time equivalent (FTE) employees against industry standards can make a dramatic impact on the margins and financial health of your business. Colaborate engages a set of proprietary staffing and compensation tools to maximize the potential of your workforce, including pathology professionals.
- Compensation Analysis: Colaborate analyzes and assists in the design of compensation, incentive, and productivity models for all types of physician specialties.
- Workflow Analysis: Colaborate produces accurate and timely information to give physicians the performance and laboratory information necessary to provide adequate patient treatment.
Together, we can put the right people, processes, and capabilities in place to create sustainable success for your lab.
Laboratory Director Services
What does a laboratory director do?
The Laboratory Director has ultimate responsibility for everything that happens in your lab: operations, quality, and regulatory compliance. This role requires active engagement across all areas of the laboratory. Key responsibilities include:
- Establishing quality control and quality assessment programs
- Verifying personnel meet qualifications and remain competent
- Approving policies, procedures, and test reports
- Addressing complaints and quality issues
- Ensuring proficiency testing enrollment and acceptable performance
As of 2025, directors of non-waived labs must visit onsite at least every 6 months. CMS expects directors to be actively involved in laboratory operations and oversight.
Can I hire a part-time or remote laboratory director?
Yes, and most of our client labs use this model. It works well when you pair your director with strong day-to-day technical coverage. Here’s what’s required:
- Available for consultation during lab operating hours
- Onsite visits at least every 6 months (non-waived labs)
- Active engagement with lab operations and quality oversight
- Some states (e.g. CA, NY) require additional on-site presence
We pair each Laboratory Director with the technical and operational experience that Colaborate’s ongoing support personnel provide. We place dedicated Technical Consultants and Technical Supervisors who handle day-to-day compliance and quality processes, so your lab has both the required oversight and hands-on operational support.
Learn how our Laboratory Director services can help you operate with confidence.
How much does a laboratory director cost?
Lab director services typically start at $1,500/month, with pricing that scales based on:
- Test complexity (high complexity requires more oversight time)
- Volume and scope of testing
- Instruments and test menu
- Bundled services (director + TC/TS coverage)
- Location and specialty areas
The right lab director knows your operation, understands your workflows, and catches issues before your inspector does. That relationship pays for itself quickly.