Lab Sector Vs. CMS Battle Heats Up As Medicare Agency Moves Forward With 2018 Rates
Executive Summary
Test-makers and labs say the agency is missing large swaths of the market in making its "market-based" lab payment calculation, but CMS stands by its data, and finalized 2018 lab fee schedule rates. Could next steps be in Congress, or the courts?
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