CEO SUMMARY: In a recent statement, COLA, an organization that accredits clinical labs, expressed strong concern about how a report from the Government Accountability Office did not address how the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) affects patients’ access to testing, especially in rural areas. COLA said its surveys of providers across the […]
COLA: GAO Should Address PAMA’s Effect on Patients
GAO’s report last fall did not discuss how PAMA changes Medicare and other patients’ access to tests
- By Joseph Burns
- > From the Volume XXVI No. 4 - March 18, 2019 Issue
