The Medicare agency issued its proposed rule to implement diagnostics provisions of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act, which would transform how lab tests are paid to a more market-based system beginning in 2017. Although laboratories support the law, an industry group says CMS would leave too many labs out from reporting market data, threatening reimbursement accuracy.
CMS issued a proposal to implement a law intended to make Medicare payments for lab tests more market-based and transparent beginning in 2017. Although labs support the law, an industry group says the Medicare agency is proposing to exempt too many laboratories from reporting market data, threatening reimbursement accuracy.
The agency released the proposed rule