Electronic Prior Authorization Bill Reintroduced in Congress
For clinical labs, the proposed law could bring more consistency to test ordering
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HHS’ Proposed New Anti-Discrimination Rule & What You Can Do to Comply with It
What you need to know about the 308-page proposed rule and its potential impact on your lab, along with a basic strategy to implement it.
Medicare Reimbursement: How CMS Price Transparency Proposal Could Hurt Labs & Patient Relations
From - National Intelligence Report
Last April, CMS issued a proposed rule to make Medicare rates more transparent. While designed to "empower patients and reduce administrative burden," the proposed changes would…
PAMA Unlocks Golden Age for Innovative Diagnostics
By Chance Scott bio
The publication of the 2018 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) in January saw a long and heated debate within the lab community come to fruition…
How to Adjust to the April 2018 Medicare Beneficiary Cards
By Sean McSweeney bio
In a press release on May 30, 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) commented regarding their fraud prevention initiative program and their planned changes regarding…
ACA: DOJ Won’t Defend Individual Mandate in Court—But 16+ States Will
From - National Intelligence Report
One of the DOJ's principal roles is to defend the federal laws in court cases challenging their constitutionality. But the agency has made it known that…
Test Ordering & Utilization: Labs Stand to Benefit from Industry Efforts to Minimize Prior Authorization Red Tape
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Value Care: CMS Value Modifier Programs Ends Not with a Bang but a Whimper
From - National Intelligence Report
Thanks for nothing. While CMS likes to congratulate itself for using provider pay adjustments to "transform the healthcare delivery system," more often than not…
Medicare Reimbursement: Federal Government Funding Extension Includes a Boatload of Medicare Changes
From - National Intelligence Report
The government shutdown fiasco is having an impact on Medicare spending and reimbursement. But the crucial details are being buried in the legislative paperwork…
Laboratory Industry Faces Uncertain Regulatory Policy
From - National Intelligence Report
While PAMA captured headlines at G2's 35th annual Lab Institute conference (Washington D.C.; Oct. 25-27), speakers presented how other regulatory efforts, including…
Labs to CMS: Push Back PAMA & Add Hospital Labs to CLFS Mix
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Value-Based Care: AACC Cites Key Role of Lab Professionals in Making It Work
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