November 2006
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing changes that will close the Medicare benefit loophole that enables the existence of so-called "pod" or "condo" laboratories, in which labs for several group practices are located in small offices within the same building, and a pathologist moves among them. CMS recently announced a proposal to change the Stark definition of a "centralized building" to exclude both spaces under 350 feet and those that do not permanently house the equipment necessary to perform 90% of its designated health services. Medicare has reportedly received over 2,000 comments on the proposed rules.
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November 2006 - Table of Contents
