Despite lobbying by clinical laboratory and pathology societies in support of legislation addressing lab workforce issues, it is unlikely that the post-election "lame-duck" Congress will authorize new spending targeted to lab personnel training or restore funds cut this year from the Title VII allied health training account, a small portion of which goes to programs for medical technologists and medical lab technicians.

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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