Coalition for 21st Century Medicine Commends CMS for Issuing 2018 Preliminary Private Payor Rate-Based Payment Amounts for Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests as Part of PAMA Implementation
On September 22, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its 2018 preliminary private payor rate-based payment amounts for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests. The preliminary rates are based on private payor rates reported by laboratories and are part of the market-based payment reforms enacted in Section 216 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA).