New Medicare rates could boost lab costs by $11B, GAO warns

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review)

The implementation of CMS’ new clinical lab payment rates in Medicare could increase costs by $11 billion between 2018 and 2020, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. Continue reading article here…

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