Medicare Program; Medicare Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests Payment System. Final rule.
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This final rule implements requirements of section 216 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA), which significantly revises the Medicare payment system for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests. This final rule also announces an implementation date of January 1, 2018 for the private payor rate-based fee schedule required by PAMA.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Federal register
دوره 81 121 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016