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CMS Proposal Could Redefine Medicare Payment for Software-Based Lab Testing
CEO SUMMARY: The proposed 2027 OPPS rule would move certain algorithm-driven analyses off the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule, potentially creating a new reimbursement framework for AI-enabled diagnostics. For clinical laboratories…
CMS Proposals on Software Create a Storm for Labs
Our August 2026 issue outlines two federal requests for information (RFI) that share a theme: modernization of the clinical laboratory. And if lab leaders aren’t paying attention, they will be left behind. Look at what the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) slipped into its 2027 Ho…
Pathology Compensation in Different Settings, including Hospitals
CEO SUMMARY: This second installment on the series about boosting pathologist compensation uses data collected during a survey of 1,400 pathologists in 230 pathology practices by the Panel of National Pathology Leaders (PNPL). Two experienced pathology consultants identify the most effect…
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Volume XXXIII, No. 11 – September 2026
In the September 2026 briefing, The Dark Report digs into a CMS proposal to cut payments for CPT code 88305, potentially based on flawed thinking. Other coverage includes the evolving role of mass spectrometry in clinical labs, payer obstacles to blood-based biomarker tests for Alzheimer’s disease, and how young pathologists can get business skill help.
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