Advocacy - Lab Advocate
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that the public meeting to gather input on payment rates for new 2017 codes will take place on July 18 in Baltimore. Registration will begin on June 5. Drug testing will be a key emphasis of the meeting, with three new codes and three under ‘reconsideration.’ In addition, there are four codes for genomic sequencing procedures, along with one code each for chemistry, microbiology, molecular pathology and multi-analyte assays with algorithmic analyses. AACC will provide public comments at the session. CMS has announced that the Advisory Panel on Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests will also meet on July 18. More information on that meeting will be published separately, and AACC will provide details when they become available.