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.
Labs Stop VA from Allowing APRNs to Perform Lab Tests
From - National Intelligence Report
The laboratory sector has successfully fought a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rule that would have allowed advance practice registered nurses (APRNs) to "perform and supervise" lab testing. Numerous organizations, including…
Labs Can Take Advantage of Transportation Anti-Kickback Safe Harbor
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What Trump Administration Could Mean for ACA and Labs
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Studies Examine Impact of Federal and State Policies on Health Costs and Utilization
From - National Intelligence Report
Lab leaders often read about national and state policies. But effects of them may be harder to discover. The Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) was motivated to…
Pay Equity Law Affects What You Can Ask Job Applicants
From - National Intelligence Report
Massachusetts recently signed into law An Act to Establish Pay Equity, S.2119, which takes effect on…
State Laws Highlight Need for Price Transparency
From - National Intelligence Report
Despite the fact that the majority of state legislatures have passed some laws relating to…
New Massachusetts Law Affects Recruiting and Hiring Practices
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Despite Passing More Laws, States Flunking Health Price Transparency
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FDA Considers Liquid Biopsies
From - National Intelligence Report
In addition to laboratory developed tests and next generation sequencing, could the FDA be looking to impose standards or guidance governing use of…
HIPAA Turns 20!
From - National Intelligence Report
It’s a milestone birthday for a law that is not generally celebrated among health care providers. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, better known as…
