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GAO Lab Report – Sound Analysis? Criticism from Senator Grassley and Others and CMS’s Response

[05/20/19]

Posted on May 20, 2019 in Health Law News

Published by: Hall Render

In November 2018, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released a report (“Report”) on new laboratory payment rates established by CMS under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (“PAMA”). In the Report, the GAO analyzed Medicare claims data to assess how CMS’s implementation of these new rates will impact Medicare expenditures and recommended CMS take... READ MORE

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