CEO SUMMARY: Few pathologists and lab administrators know that, when the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) became law last April 1, language in the bill was scored to reduce Part B clinical laboratory test fees by $2.5 billion over 10 years. Congress used those lab fee cuts to patch the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) temporarily. The one-year patch expires on March 31, 2015. Now federal lawmakers must again address the SGR problem with some type of fix, including more spending offsets.
Beware Ides of March! Lawmakers Are in Session
Congress must address physician pay cuts and seek offsets that don’t threaten clinical labs
- By Joseph Burns
- > From the Volume XXII No. 4 - March 9, 2015 Issue
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