Congress has again deferred Medicare reimbursement cuts of up to 15% for clinical laboratory tests with the passage of a short-term government funding bill. The appropriations bill pushes back by one year the implementation of Medicare payment rates scheduled to take effect in January for about 800 lab services. “We are pleased that Congress has delayed pending reductions, recognizing the harm repeated Medicare reductions would have on the nation’s health care system that relies on clinical laboratory testing every day to inform patient care,” Susan Van Meter, president of the American Clinical Laboratory Association, said in a Wednesday statement.
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