Before the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) took effect in 1992, significant numbers of primary care physician office laboratories (POLs) performed tests that are now classified as moderate and high complexity. At that time, no quality requirements existed for POLs and reimbursement for lab tests was generous in comparison to today, since managed care was virtually nonexistent and Medicare fee cuts and freezes had not yet begun.

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June 2008 - Table of Contents

GCR June 2008 (full PDF issue)

OIG Modifies Self-Disclosure Protocol: Integrity Agreements No Longer Required

Court Dismisses Case Against Anti-Markup Rule

Committee Recommends Additional Oversight of Genetic Tests

CMS Mandates Switch to Single Medicare ABN by Sept. 1

Where Have All the Non-Waived POLs Gone?

CMS Revisits Controversial Stark Provision

News in Brief (0806)