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UPDATE: House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health Holds Legislative Hearing
On Oct. 19, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing to examine physician payment policies and proposed legislative solutions to increase beneficiary access to care. The [...]
House to Hold Legislative Subcommittee Hearing on SALSA and Other Medicare Payment Proposals
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health will hold a legislative hearing on Thursday, Oct. 19, to examine proposals for fine-tuning Medicare payments. Among the legislation to be discussed [...]
Congressional Leaders Investigating Medicaid MCO Prior Authorization Denials
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) sent a series of letters on Oct. 3 to several Medicaid [...]
FDA Proposes Changes for Regulation of Laboratory-Developed Tests
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed a new rule seeking to amend FDA regulations to identify laboratory-developed tests (LDTs), or in vitro diagnostic products (IVDs) produced within a [...]
CAP and Others Express Concerns About MACs’ Genetic Testing Proposal for Oncology LCDs
Forty-five health care organizations recently cosigned a letter urging Novitas and First Coast Service Options (FCSO) to address concerns about their recently proposed local coverage determination (LCD) framework for genetic [...]
CMS Withdraws NCCI PTP Edits Issued for Presumptive and Definitive Tests
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is withdrawing National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Procedure-to-Procedure (PTP) edits implemented on July 1, 2023, the agency announced Sept. 14. The NCCI PTP [...]
CPT 2024 Code Set Released by American Medical Association
On Sept. 8, the American Medical Association (AMA) announced the release of the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) 2024 code set. The CPT Editorial Panel, an independent body convened by the [...]
CMS Releases 2022 MIPS Final Scores and 2024 Payment Adjustment Information
On Aug. 10, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance feedback and final scores for the 2022 performance year, along with 2024 [...]
CMS Releases Quarterly Update to CLFS and Specimen Collection Policy
On Aug. 17, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its quarterly update to the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) and those laboratory services subject to reasonable charge [...]
New Codes Released for Proprietary Laboratory Analysis
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced 18 new laboratory codes for Proprietary Laboratory Analysis (PLA) along with one additional new code. These codes will be effective Oct. [...]