CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) introduces standard coverage for common lab tests
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Physicians in the US will soon not have to contend with a myriad of coverage policies when they order common laboratory tests for their elderly or disabled patients. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that Medicare is setting up national coverage policies for 23 clinical laboratory tests that account for over half of all laboratory payments.