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PAMA: Is your lab ready for cuts of up to 15 percent on January 1?

Section 216 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) was intended to reduce Medicare spending on lab testing by implementing a market-based fee schedule and was prompted by the recognition that Medicare was paying higher rates for many tests than were private payers.[1]   - Next phase in of up to 15 percent [...] Read More

CMS Proposes Updates to CLIA Proficiency-Testing Regulations

The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 and their associated regulations require laboratories performing moderate- or high-complexity testing to enroll in an approved proficiency-testing (PT) program “for each specialty, subspecialty, and analyte or test for which the laboratory is certified under CLIA.” These regulations were most-recently amended in 2012, and as of January 2017 there [...] Read More