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Legal Issues In The News: Judge Delays Pilot Program to Cut Medicare Lab Costs
| In The News: Judge Delays Pilot Program to Cut Medicare Lab Costs |
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| Written by Rob Kurtz | |
| Monday, 14 April 2008 | |
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The Associated Press (AP) reported that a federal judge has
delayed a CMS pilot program intended to reduce the costs of Medicare lab tests
after the judge determined that the program could threaten the quality of
patient care. The program would have selected clinical laboratories to provide more
than 300 tests, including blood work, to Medicare patients in The judge delayed the program after two health care systems indicated that the program would force them to lay off workers and reduce their medical services since they could no longer guarantee the income from lab services billed to Medicare. To read the AP story, click here.  |
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