CMS: Labs Can Continue to Bill for Technical Component of Services Through Dec. 31

Independent laboratories currently eligible to bill for the technical component of physician pathology services whether patients are inpatient or outpatient are allowed to continue to bill for their services through Dec. 31, 2010, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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Transmittal 1945 notifies Medicare providers and MAC carriers of the extension of the program under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as the healthcare reform act. Hospitals can bill for the technical component on or after Jan. 1, 2011.

Read CMS Transmittal 1945 (pdf).

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