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CMS to Hold Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule Annual Public Meeting This Week
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold its Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) Annual Public Meeting this Friday, June 27, in Baltimore, as well as virtually. [...]
Medicare Expands Genomic Testing Coverage
On May 29, Medicare announced it would expand coverage for genomic sequence analysis panels in the treatment of hematolymphoid diseases. The local coverage determination (LCD) “provides limited coverage for genomic [...]
Legislation Seeks to Provide Transparency in Prior Authorization Decisions
A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in late March seeks to increase transparency around prior authorization decisions. The Reducing Medically Unnecessary Delays in Care Act of 2025 [...]
Legislation Reintroduced in Senate to Streamline Prior Authorization for Seniors
On May 20, Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) reintroduced the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act,which would establish requirements to streamline the prior authorization process [...]
No Appeal of LDT/FDA Lawsuit
The FDA had until May 30 to appeal U.S. District Court Judge Sean D. Jordan's decision to vacate the agency's Final Rule seeking to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs). The [...]
CMS Announces New FDA-Approved Waived Tests
In a change request (CR 14025) released on May 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced six new waived tests, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug [...]
HHS Urged to Reinstate Clinical Laboratory Improvements Advisory Committee
The Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM) urged the Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) to reinstate the Clinical Laboratory Improvements Advisory Committee (CLIAC) in a May 14 [...]
Medicare Administrative Contractor Expands Coverage of Special Histochemical, Immunohistochemical Stains
A revised local coverage determination, effective June 7, 2025, expands coverage for special histochemical stains and immunohistochemical (IHC) stains. Cigna Government Services, the Medicare Administrative Contractor for Ohio and Kentucky, [...]
CLIA Changes Fees & Certificates
CLIA Changes Fees & Certificates Beginning March 1, 2026, laboratories must switch to email notifications to start receiving electronic Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) fee coupons and certificates. After March [...]
CMS Publishes Updates to the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the following updates to the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS): The next data reporting period is Jan. 1, 2026, to March [...]