Medicare Payments to Hospital Outpatient Labs Showing Huge Shift

Medicare payments to hospital outpatient laboratories made under the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) are expected to decline by more than 60 percent in 2014 as a result of many lab tests being bundled into hospital outpatient payment. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2014 Medicare Trustees Report, CLFS payments to…