Lab bidding demo: Key design requirements
Focus on the FY 2009 Medicare budget
—Provider payment cuts loom large
—45% trigger poses additional cutback threat
—Call for national lab competitive bidding repeated
—Market reforms to expand healthcare coverage
HHS cannot stop Medicare lab payments to hospital in CLIA lab dispute, court rules
FDA approves new test identifying four common respiratory viruses
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February 11, 2008 - Table of Contents

NIR February 11, 2008 (full PDF issue)

President’s Budget Spares Lab Fees, Is Silent on Physician Fee Fix

San Diego Labs Ask Court for Immediate Halt to Medicare Competitive Bidding Demo

President Calls for Steep Medicare Provider Pay Cuts, Lab Fees Spared, But Physician Fee Fix Not Addressed

Court Blocks Medicare Pay Cutoffs in CLIA Lab Dispute

FDA Okays New Test for Four Common Respiratory Viruses