CMS has just announced that it is holding a public meeting on July 16, 2015 to discuss Medicare clinical laboratory fee schedule (CLFS) payment for new or substantially revised HCPCS codes for calendar year 2016. At the meeting, the public also will have an opportunity to comment on certain reconsideration requests regarding test code payment determinations made last year. Presenters must register and submit presentations to CMS by July 2, 2015. CMS intends to publish its proposed determinations for new test codes and preliminary determinations for reconsidered codes for CY 2016 by early September 2015; a public comment period will follow. Final determinations for new test codes to be included for payment on the CLFS for CY 2016 and reconsidered codes will be released in November 2015.
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