Four Federal Efforts to Monitor, Including RESULTS Act Progress
Other proposals aim to increase fraud enforcement, temper prior authorization, and modernize CLIA
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FDA Watch: New RAPID Coverage Pathway Would Enable Some Lab Tests to Pursue Clearance and Medicare Coverage Simultaneously
FDA-CMS collaboration aims to accelerate Medicare coverage determinations of certain medical devices
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RCM Strategies to Explore for Genetic Testing Compliance
Expert Ashley Zarling details nuances for clinical lab directors and compliance teams
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Final PAMA Rule Released, Implementation Delayed to 2018
From – National Intelligence Report
After much lobbying, debate and delay, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule implementing the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) changes to the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) was released…
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CMS Reports Medicare Fraud Prevention System Saves $1.5 Billion
From – National Intelligence Report
While Big Data can mean new opportunities for increasing efficiencies and revenues for the laboratory industry, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) claims Big Data has yielded big savings for…
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Challenge: Build a Better Medical Bill
From – National Intelligence Report
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in collaboration with AARP, is challenging health care organizations to design a…
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Industry Challenged to Create More Patient-Friendly Medical Billing System
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CMS Unveils Proposed Rule Implementing MACRA and Replacing Meaningful Use
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CMS Submits PAMA Implementation Rule for OMB Review
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CMS Issues Proposed Rule Implementing MACRA
From – National Intelligence Report
In January, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt indicated the “Meaningful Use program as it has existed, will now…
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OMB Reviewing Final Rule on Medicare Lab Test Payment System
From – National Intelligence Report
Despite ongoing efforts to delay the changes to the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) directed by the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’s final rule implementing the…
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ACLA Seeks Better Medicare Coverage for Vitamin D Testing
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