It’s Back on the Table! Medicare Patient Co-Pay for Clinical Laboratory Tests Is One of 27 Cost-Cutting Proposals in Federal Debt Ceiling Negotiations

Jul 15, 2011 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology, Managed Care Contracts & Payer Reimbursement

Document leak earlier this week pulls curtain back on potential cuts to Medicare/Medicaid spending Spending cuts of between $334 billion and $353 billion over the next 10 years are on the table in the negotiations over the federal debt ceiling. The bad news for the clinical laboratory industry is that restoration of the Medicare patient co-pay for medical laboratory tests is not only on the list of proposed spending cuts, but represents a significant chunk of money—as much as $16 billion...
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