Industry Insights
Why and How Your Lab Can Support SALSA
"With strong bipartisan and bicameral support of SALSA, Congress has the opportunity to fix the flawed PAMA framework and prevent reduced access to essential testing, stifled innovation, and weakened laboratory infrastructure essential to public health preparedness....
How Labs Are Affected by the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
The U.S Department of Health & Human Services released a fact sheet for the transition out of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency that will end on May 11, 2023. Transitioning away from the emergency phase of the spread of the virus will affect the billing process...
Travel Allowance Fee Updates for 2023
Make sure your billing staff or third party billing company know about specimen collection fees and travel allowances for 2023 and other policy updates and reminders. Executive Summary CMS issued regulations to codify and modify policies on billing Medicare for...
Blogs
Navigating the No Surprises Act in the Clinical Laboratory Space
It has been a year since the federal No Surprises Act was passed on January 1, 2022 in an effort to prevent patients across the country from receiving unexpected medical bills in their mailbox....
Clinical Laboratory Legislation on the Horizon for 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule on Nov. 1, 2022, which impacts Medicare Part B payments...
5 Decisions to Make When Starting A Clinical Laboratory
The clinical laboratory space has expanded greatly in the wake of COVID-19, and the interest in starting and owning laboratories continues to grow as an influential investment in the healthcare...
The Patient Experience in Recovering Laboratory Reimbursements
The patients’ role in the laboratory billing cycle is the final but most crucial step in recovering reimbursement. Regardless of how advanced workflows are or how large testing volume is monthly, a...
The PCR Pivot: Transitioning and Billing After COVID
The coronavirus pandemic led to an unprecedented demand for diagnostic laboratory testing to determine, through PCR testing, whether an individual has the virus. Startup labs formed all over the...
Why Labs Need More Than A Traditional Medical Billing Company
Laboratory medical billing falls under the umbrella of healthcare specialties that traditional medical billing companies advertise to serve. However, the laboratory billing cycle is unique and can...