Focus on Lab Payment Policy: Quick Guide to the 2010 Medicare lab fee schedule q Update triggers a 1.9 percent cut q Pap smear minimum payment reduced q Fees for new CPT, G codes q Reconsideration for MPO crosswalk q Deleted codes q Travel allowance Medicare to cover kidney disease patient education services CMS finalizes decision for Medicare coverage of voluntary HIV screening Upcoming G-2 Events q Webinars q Molecular diagnostics conference

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January 8, 2010 - Table of Contents

NIR January 8, 2010 (Full PDF Issue)

Pathologists Spared Fee Cut, But Not Clinical Laboratories

CMS Advises Providers on End of Pathology ‘Grandfather’ Protection

Focus On: Lab Payment Policy: Quick Guide to the 2010 Medicare Lab Fee Schedule

Medicare to Cover Kidney Disease Patient Education

Medicare Finalizes Decision to Cover HIV Screening