VALID Revision Might Include Exemptions For Academic Centers

A key diagnostics reform bill is being revised to potentially carve out exemptions for some academic medical centers, coming as debate over the bill heats up amid ongoing discussions over a year-end legislative package, a source close to the negotiations told Inside Health Policy . At issue is the Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act, which would create a risk-based regulatory framework for laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) and create a user fee program for in vitro clinical tests. Members of...