The clinical laboratory community is readying itself to defend against the potential for substantial cuts in Medicare reimbursement for its services as the pressure to reduce the federal deficit grows.

The clinical laboratory community is readying itself to defend against the potential for substantial cuts in Medicare reimbursement for its services as the pressure to reduce the federal deficit grows.

Senate Republicans are demonstrating that they have the votes to block confirmation of Donald Berwick as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.