The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has asked a federal district court in San Diego to dismiss the lawsuit filed by local labs to stop the agency from implementing the launch of a Medicare competitive bidding demonstration for independent clinical laboratory services. The court granted a preliminary injunction earlier this year blocking CMS from proceeding with the demo and gave the agency until Aug. 8 to respond.

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August 13, 2008 - Table of Contents

NIR August 13, 2008 (full PDF issue)

Push Is on to Overhaul Medicare Physician, Lab Payments

Delay Seen in Switch to New Single ABN

CMS Seeks Dismissal of Lab Bidding Demo Lawsuit

OIG Assures Providers on Waivers of Beneficiary Cost Sharing

Medicare Nixes Stamped Physician Signatures

New Bill Aims to Modernize Medicare Lab Fee Schedule

Prothrombin Time Home Monitoring

DNA Stool Screening Test for Colorectal Cancer

CMS Finalizes Stark ‘Stand in the Shoes’ Provisions