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, it could shift how reimbursement weaves into software-driven insight of diagnostic tests. Clinical laboratory leaders who are looking now for clues about future diagnostic test […]
CMS Proposal Could Redefine Medicare Payment for Software-Based Lab Testing
Proposed Medicare policy could reshape reimbursement for AI-enabled laboratory diagnostics
- By Janette Wider
- > From the Volume XXXIII, No. 10 - August 2026 Issue
