Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) July 10 issued its physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule for calendar year (CY) 2025.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dec. 28 released a final rule updating Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments fees and clarifying CLIA regulations.
During a legislative markup Nov. 15, the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee advanced to the full committee AHA-supported legislation (H.R. 6366) that would extend for one year the Geographic Practice Cost Index floor for physician work under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and delay…
May 22, 2023
Independent, physician office and hospital outreach laboratories that meet the definition of an applicable laboratory under the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule must report certain private payer data between Jan. 1 through March 31, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said in a…
Organizations that represent laboratories, health care providers, laboratory professionals, and diagnostic manufacturers urge Congress to take action to protect patient access to clinical laboratory services.
The AHA letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, cautioning against softening standards designed to maintain the safety and quality of laboratory testing in the U.S., including those regulating the professionals who staff the nation’s Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments-…
Twenty-five organizations, including the AHA, today urged Congress to immediately extend the hold on payment cuts and the private payer data reporting period under the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule due to the continued COVID-19 public health emergency.