Medicare outpatient PPS payments to increase in 2007
Draft bill for more FDA controls on ‘home brew’ tests worries lab industry
Future of the clinical laboratory workforce: supply/demand and changing roles for advanced practice––see the Focus
—Backdrop to the future
—Forecast for the future
—Interdisciplinary roles
—Pathologists and consults on lab medicine
Medicare identifies more physician quality measures for 2007
Medicare payment errors continue to decline, says CMS
Medicare managed care watch: More plans, more choices, including medical savings accounts, next year

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November 6, 2006 - Table of Contents

NIR November 6, 2006 (full PDF issue)

Final Medicare Rule Cuts Physician Fees, Punts on Pod Labs

Hopes Dim for Lab Workforce Legislation

Industry Anxious Over Proposed New ‘Home Brew’ Controls

The Changing Landscape of Supply/Demand, Clinical Practice

Medicare to Expand Physician Quality Measures in 2007

Medicare Payment Errors Continue to Drop, Says CMS

Medicare Managed Care Watch