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2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill Delays Medicare Payment Cuts to Clinical Laboratory Services; Does Not Include VALID Act
Congress passed the 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill on Dec. 23 and provided temporary relief from Medicare payment cuts to clinical laboratory services that would have otherwise gone into effect in [...]
CAP Advocating for Pathology Priorities in End-of-Year Legislation
The College of American Pathologists (CAP) highlighted a few priorities for pathologists and laboratories that they are urging Congress to consider as they negotiate year-end legislation. At the top of [...]
Four Things to Keep in Mind Going Into 2023
Labs have faced challenges and have undergone an incredible amount of change over the past few years. With a new year on the horizon, labs will have to be adaptable [...]
CMS Announces Further Delay to Enforcement of Good Faith Estimate Requirements
On Dec. 2, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the agency would continue to postpone enforcement of good faith estimate (GFE) requirements for self-pay or uninsured [...]
New Analysis Demonstrates Importance of Clinical Laboratories to U.S. Economy
The American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) released a report on Nov. 28 showing the contributions clinical laboratories have made to the job market and the overall U.S. economy, in hopes [...]
CAP Urges Highmark to Drop New Credentialing Requirements for NGS Testing
The College of American Pathologists (CAP) is requesting that health insurer Highmark stop its new credentialing requirements for next-generation sequencing (NGS) testing that impose third-party validation of NGS results and [...]
Medical Groups Send Letter in Support of Senate Effort to Stop Medicare Pay Cuts in 2023
A coalition of medical professional organizations has asked senators to sign a letter showing support for preventing the 2023 Medicare payment cuts from going into effect. The coalition includes 100 [...]
The CAP Explains How the Final 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Finalizes the Proper Rank Order of Clinical Labor Rates
With the final 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the proper rank order of the clinical labor rates for histotechnologists and [...]
Final 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Includes Increase in Pathology Clinical Labor Rates
On Nov. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, which finalizes the rank order of the clinical labor rates for [...]
Proprietary Laboratory Analyses Applications Scheduled for Discussion on Nov. 7
The Proprietary Laboratory Analyses-Technical Advisory Group (PLA-TAG) will discuss PLA applications on or around Nov. 7, 2022. PLA Codes, an addition to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set approved [...]