Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Relief Act Aims to Dent the Staffing Crisis
How the 2024 proposal will fare on Capitol Hill in 2025 remains to be seen, though
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Congress Moves to Require Medicare Coverage of Multi-Cancer Early Detection Tests
Federal lawmakers have renewed efforts to pass legislation ensuring Medicare coverage of multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests.
Whistleblowers: SCOTUS Gives DOJ Wider Authority to Dismiss Meritless Qui Tam Cases
Ruling could spell good news for labs and other healthcare providers targeted by whistleblowers in False Claims Act qui tam lawsuits.
Final Surprise Billing Regulations Cut Insurer Control—Sort Of
It remains far from clear whether the new surprise billing rule goes far enough to fix the problem of insurers having too much power in disputes.
LDTs Legislation Inches Closer to Passage, but Major Hurdles Remain
The VALID Act for FDA regulation of laboratory developed tests is working its way through the final stages of the legislative process, but not everyone is loving it.
Congress Acts to End PAMA Price Cutting Reign of Terror
After years of resistance, the lab industry’s hopes and prayers for relief from the flawed pricing scheme may soon be answered.
Revised VALID Act Proposes Risk-Based FDA Regulation of LDTs
The most recent congressional effort to pass LDT legislation may prove to be the one that finally comes to fruition.
How the End of the COVID-19 PHE Will Impact Lab Compliance
A briefing on how labs should prepare for the inevitable end of the PHE after more than two years of unprecedented relief.
Lawmakers Squabble as Country Runs Out of COVID-19 Response Money
The relief package agreed to on April 4 appears to have become a collateral victim of a politically incendiary issue regarding immigration.
New Act Would Mean Wider Medicare Coverage of Genetic Cancer Screening
Legislation would require Medicare to cover genomic cancer testing and follow-up screening for those with a family history of cancer.
The Sun Is About to Set on the Controversial Trump Era “SUNSET” Rule
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