Senators Urge CMS To Delay And Revamp Proposed Lab Test Payment Rule

A bipartisan group of senators is urging CMS to put off proposed reforms to the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule and come up with an understandable regulation that won't impede Medicare beneficiaries' access to lab tests. The move comes as stakeholder groups press CMS to delay implementing the planned fee schedule changes until June 2016 to give industry more time to prepare for the pending regulations. “More time is needed to achieve a workable regulation that complies with statutory intent, provides...