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CAP Joins Other Laboratory Groups Calling on CMS to Extend Feedback Period for Proposed CLIA Regulations
The College of American Pathologists (CAP) and 22 other laboratory health and medical groups urged the Biden administration to extend the comment period for the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of [...]
CLIA Proposed Regulation Released for 2023
On July 22, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a proposed rule updating the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Fees; [...]
AMA Announces CPT Update for Monkeypox Testing & Vaccination
The American Medical Association (AMA) announced an update to Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) test codes for the orthopoxvirus and codes for the vaccines used to prevent monkeypox infection. The [...]
New Category III Add-On CPT Codes Announced for Digital Pathology
The American Medical Association (AMA) CPT Editorial Panel announced 13 add-on codes for digital pathology that will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2023. The new Category III CPT [...]
ACLA Launches ‘Stop Lab Cuts’ Campaign Advocating for Congress to Protect Patient Access to Laboratory Services
This month, the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) launched the Stop Lab Cuts campaign to urge Congress to pass the Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act (S. 4449/H.R. 8188) and [...]
CMS Releases Final Rule on CLIA Proficiency Testing Regulations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule to revise the proficiency testing (PT) regulations of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). Laboratories that [...]
CMS Releases Proposed 2023 Physician Payment Fee Schedule, Includes Changes for ACOs
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the proposed Physician Fee Schedule for 2023 on July 7, 2022. The proposed rule expands access to behavioral health services, [...]
PAMA Threatens Access to Laboratory Testing Services
Without congressional action, the fourth round of Medicare reimbursement reductions mandated by the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) will affect laboratories across the country in January 2023. The American [...]
FDA Provides Information on Authorized Diagnostic Breath and Genotyping Tests for SARS-CoV-2
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for a SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic test that analyzes breath samples as well as a genotyping test authorized for the [...]
NILA Applauds Introduction of the Saving Access to Lab Services Act
The National Independent Laboratory Association (NILA) applauds a bipartisan, bicameral group of legislators for working together to introduce the Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act (SALSA) to protect community and [...]