CEO SUMMARY: Clinical laboratories complain that implementation of a new payment system for molecular tests has been a disaster since January 1. Most contractors for the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have not paid labs for molecular tests billed this year. Billing experts indicate that many commercial plans are not paying either. Groups […]
Payers Bolix MDx Codes, Labs Unpaid for Months
Medicare contractors slow to create processes to reimburse for new molecular/genetic CPT codes
- By Joseph Burns
- > From the Volume XX No. 5 - April 15, 2013 Issue
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