Medicare Allows Use Of Hospital Outreach Lab Pay Data; Industry Applauds, But Still Sues
Executive Summary
The clinical laboratory industry praised the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for making changes in its final Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule rule to allow more data from hospital outreach labs to be considered in setting laboratory test pay rates. But lab advocates are still pursuing a lawsuit and pushing for legislative reforms.
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