What is Medicare’s travel allowance? It is payment to cover the estimated travel costs when collecting specimens from nursing home and homebound Medicare beneficiaries as well as the expenses for trained personnel who travel to collect a sample.

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June 9, 2008 - Table of Contents

NIR June 9, 2008 (full PDF issue)

CMS to Increase Medicare Travel Allowance on June 30

CDC Report Takes a New Look at the Status of U.S. Lab Medicine

CMS Spells Out Policy on Assigning Providers to MACs

A Quick Guide to Medicare Travel Allowance Policy

CMS Takes Another Look at Stark ‘Stand in the Shoes’ Rules

Senate to Soon Take Up Medicare Physician Fee Fix

NPI Update