News & Analysis as of

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) PAMA

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

PAMA Laboratory Reporting In Flux: ACLA Wins HHS Lawsuit and Congress Introduces PAMA Amendment Legislation

Important developments related to required price reporting to Medicare for clinical laboratories under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) have recently occurred. As a result, the clinical laboratory...more

King & Spalding

Laboratory Group Challenges CMS’s Implementation of Clinical Laboratory Commercial Data Reporting Requirements

King & Spalding on

On December 11, 2017, the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) filed suit on behalf of its membership against the Secretary of HHS, challenging the Secretary’s implementation of the Protecting Access to Medicare...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: OIG Issues 2017 Work Plan – PAMA, Open Payments, Drug Manufacturer Rebates Among Areas of New Focus

Cooley LLP on

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued today its 2017 Work Plan. This annual publication summarizes new and ongoing reviews and activities by the OIG related to various...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Laboratories – 2015 Year in Review [VIDEO]

Over the past year, significant regulatory changes began to take shape that will have lasting effects on the laboratory industry for years to come. After publishing draft guidance regarding the regulation of laboratory...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Washington Healthcare Update

McGuireWoods LLP on

This Week: Congress tries to put together a tax extender package, which may provide an opportunity for some Affordable Care Act changes... HHS releases final rule on bundled payment for Joint Replacement Comprehensive Care...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Clinical Laboratories: Proposed Rule Implements Requirements for Reporting and Payment Based on Private Payer Rates

Foley & Lardner LLP on

As required by a 2014 statute, CMS has issued proposed regulations (Proposed Rule) implementing new requirements for laboratory reporting of, and eventually basing Medicare payment on, rates for clinical laboratory services...more

Epstein Becker & Green

CMS Releases Proposed Rule Reforming Medicare CLFS Payment Rates

Epstein Becker & Green on

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed rule [CMS-1621-P] in accordance with Section 216 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (“PAMA”), which establishes a new payment methodology...more

7 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide