The lab lobbying campaign to repeal Medicare’s planned competitive bidding demonstration for Part B lab services gained new urgency now that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced the next steps in its plan to move ahead with the controversial pilot.

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October 22, 2007 - Table of Contents

NIR October 22, 2007 (full PDF issue)

It’s Make or Break Time to Stop Medicare Lab Bidding Demo

Congress Says ‘Go Slow’ on Genetic Test Oversight

For Lab, Pathology Priorities on Capitol Hill, It’s Down to the Wire Again This Year

Medicare Lab Fee Schedule Preview

Diagnosis Coding News

Most Hospitals Get Full Pay Hike for Reporting Quality Data