Medicare will make sweeping changes in how it pays for clinical laboratory tests starting in 2017. The Protecting Access to Medicare Act, enacted April 1, will make the most significant reform of Medicare’s Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) since its introduction in 1984, by setting CLFS payment amounts based on rates paid for laboratory tests in the private sector.Medicare’s payment amounts for pathology laboratory services paid under Medicare’s physician fee schedule (PFS) will be unchanged by the new law. Also unchanged will be Medicare’s policy of not imposing coinsurance on (Read more...)
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