Lawmakers Consider Unique Identifiers For LDTs In Draft Legislation

Language floating in the House that offers an alternative to FDA's laboratory-developed test draft guidance carries with it a proposal to establish a unique identification system for all finished test products, as health policy, insurance and stakeholder groups continue their push to get unique device identifiers into claims forms. This comes after Democrats in the Ways & Means Committee made an aggressive push last week to require UDIs be included in Medicare claims. The draft legislation -- which would establish...