In a January 5, 2007 transmittal, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made it official—the agency told its local contractors to disregard previous instructions and continue to make Part B payments to qualified independent laboratories for the technical component of pathology services to hospital inpatients and outpatients for another year (CMS Change Request 5468).

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January 15, 2007 - Table of Contents

NIR January 15, 2007 (full PDF issue)

Medicare Fee Fix Tops Physicians’ Legislative Agenda

Claims Will Be Paid at Correct ’07 Rates, CMS Assures Doctors

FDA Okays New Blood Screening Test for Chagas Disease

Pathology RVU Changes = Lower PC Rates, Some TC Gains

Key Laboratory, Pathology Priorities for the New Congress

States Get Financial Incentive to Beef Up False Claim Laws

CMS Rescinds Notice Ending Pathology TC Protection

Down Syndrome Screening Urged for All Pregnancies

Washington Watch: On a Personal Note