CEO SUMMARY: Publication of the draft Medicare Physician Fee Schedule on July 12 brought unwelcome news for the clinical lab industry, at least as it pertains to whether hospital lab outreach data should be included in the PAMA market study that the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services must conduct. In the draft rule, […]
CMS Shows Its Hand in New Draft Rules for 2019
CMS proposed continuing to exclude hospital outreach lab prices from PAMA data collection
- By Joseph Burns
- > From the Volume XXV No. 11 - July 30, 2018 Issue
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