tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 30

Labs: LABS HAVE LOTS TO LOSE IN COPAY CONFLICT

 New Bill Jeopardizes Ove $18 Billion in Lab Revenues Just when labs thought it was safe to go back in the water, the copayment sharks have begun circling once again, with their eyes still set on labs' financial limbs. Less than six weeks ago, House and Senate conferees agreed to drop from a tax relief bill a provision which would have required a 20-percent copayment and deductible from Medicare beneficiaries seeking clinical laboratory services. But the battle over copayments didn't end there, as the provision found its way into the Senate's version of S.1, the "Prescription Drug...

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