Don’t Miss This New Webinar From G2 Intelligence and ACLA

The Ins and Outs of Lab Fee Reform: Urgent Details on Lab Test Payment Under Medicare April 23, 2014, 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. In the biggest change to how laboratory tests are paid under Medicare since the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) was established in 1984, Congress has just enacted a new system for tying Medicare payment for lab tests to rates paid by private payers. The new law establishes a new market-based system for determining payment, overriding plans by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to make adjustments based on “technological changes.” Under this new law, Medicare payment rates for lab tests will be based on a weighted median of rates paid by private payers. Any payment reduction under this new system would be capped in the first few years, and labs would have the opportunity to provide input on proposed changes. Join us during this program co-sponsored by G2 Intelligence and the American Clinical Laboratory Association as industry experts explain just what this new law means for labs. During this 90-minute program, you’ll:

• Understand how the new law will affect labs and future payment of lab tests under Medicare
• Gain insight into why this system for setting payment for existing tests and new tests under the CLFS may be preferable to the system CMS had planned to use for making adjustments
• Discuss concerns raised by some in the industry about the potential impact of these changes

Featured Speakers: Dan Todd, Health Policy Advisor, Senate Finance Committee Alan Mertz, President, American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) Tom Sparkman, Vice President, Government Affairs, ACLA Scott McGoohan, Vice President, Reimbursement and Scientific Affairs, ACLA www.G2Intelligence.com/LabFeeReform