CMS call Nov. 14 on new hospital clinical laboratory reporting requirement

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Nov. 14 call for clinical diagnostic laboratories, including hospital outreach laboratories, on reporting data for the Clinical Diagnostic Test Payment System in 2020. The physician fee schedule final rule for calendar year 2019 defined many hospital outreach laboratories as “applicable laboratories” under the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule, requiring them to collect private payer payment rates and volumes in 2019 and report the data in 2020. To register for the call, click here.