Medicare Clinical Lab Test $500 Mil. Of Savings Highlighted In OIG Report
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The Health Care Financing Administration is saving $500 mil. annually by trimming its Medicare laboratory billing fee schedule in accordance with the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the HHS Office of Inspector General concludes in its semi-annual report for the first half of FY 2001.
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