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Volume XXII No. 14 - October 5, 2015

Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014: Will price reporting rule drive small labs out of business?

TDR Insider / By

This first assessment of the PAMA (Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014) proposed rule on market reporting of lab prices gives pathologists and lab executives insights about the good, the bad, and the ugly in the language of the proposed rule. One lab group representing independent and community lab companies says that the proposed …

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Did Some Lab Execs ‘Get What They Wished For?’

Commentary and Opinion by R. Lewis Dark / By

BY NOW, MOST OF YOU HAVE LEARNED  that, just 12 days ago, CMS issued the proposed rule that details how it will handle the private market price reporting mandate of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA). Almost immediately, critics spoke out about the obvious inequities that will result from implementing the proposed rule. Let …

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CMS Releases Draft of PAMA Market Price Rule

Laboratory Billing / By

CEO SUMMARY: CMS’ proposed rule details how it will collect private market data, then use that data to establish prices for the Medicare Part B Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule beginning in 2017. The proposed rule will limit data reporting to less than half of independent labs, a minority of hospital labs, and only a small percentage …

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Labs Have Questions for CMS on Proposed Rule

Laboratory Billing / By

CEO SUMMARY: On September 25, CMS took a long overdue step to issue a proposed rule on how medical laboratories are to report private market prices for lab tests to the Medicare program during 2016. The proposed rule provides insights as to how CMS envisions pricing new tests and advanced diagnostic tests in the coming …

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Hospital Lab Shares Ten Ways to Create Value with Lab Tests

Clinical Laboratory / By

CEO SUMMARY: Across the nation, labs in hospitals and health systems are feeling pressure from shrinking lab budgets and the need to be a contributor to the integration of clinical care. At Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, the clinical laboratory and department of pathology have responded to these trends by identifying 10 ways to …

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Tasso’s Device Collects Capillary Blood for Testing

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By

CEO SUMMARY: In Seattle, Tasso Inc., a start-up company, is developing a device that adheres to the skin and collects capillary blood that can be used for lab testing. Tasso says the device is a less invasive than a venipuncture. At the same time, executives at Tasso recognize that, for many types of lab tests, …

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October 5, 2015 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

Late Breaking Lab News / By

More venture capital money is moving into the medical laboratory industry in India. In September, Metropolis Healthcare Ltd of Mumbai, India, disclosed that Carlyle, a private equity company, had purchased a 36.5% ownership interest in the lab company. In April, Warburg Pincus  sold its 27% in Metropolis to another share- holder, the Sushil Shah family. MORE ON: Metropolitan Metropolitan Health …

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