This is an excerpt from a 1,400-word article in the April 11 issue of THE DARK REPORT. Full details of the California program are included in the original article, available to paid members.
CEO SUMMARY: Evidence from California shows that national lab test price reporting, required for CMS to set rates for the Medicare Clinical Lab Fee Schedule
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New ADLT Payment Rate May Force Lab to Close
By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XXII NO. 15 - October 26, 2015 issue
CEO SUMMARY: Four Medicare Administrative Contractors currently pay $2,821 for CareDx’s AlloMap test. But under the proposal that CMS issued last month to overhaul the clinical lab fee schedule, CareDx would get only $644. Such a steep price cut would put the lab out of business because the payment would be lower than the cost
ACLA, CAP Comment on Final 2014 Medicare Rules
By Joseph Burns, from the Volume XX No. 16 - December 2, 2013 issue
CEO SUMMARY: On November 27, as the nation prepared for the Thanksgiving holiday, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the long-awaited final rules for 2014. Early analysis of the 1,300 pages of rules CMS released indicates that the agency moderated one of its proposals to cut back what pathologists and clinical