ASCP Doubles Down to Support OSHA Vaccine/Testing Mandate
ASCP is working to support the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s recent COVID-19 vaccine-or-test rule. ASCP plans to submit a legal brief with the AMA to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which will hear a lawsuit attempting to block the rule. Read
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Stop the Cuts to Lab Fees
As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services prepares to cut payment for hundreds of laboratory tests, ASCP is releasing an Action Alert appealing to ASCP members to urge Congress to Stop the Cuts. Read
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ASCP Joins AMA on Surprise Billing Letter
ASCP, the American Medical Association and more than 100 other medical specialty societies have voiced concern that the Interim Final Rule, released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will make it more difficult for pathologists and other physicians to receive fair payment for services and to enter into meaningful contract negotiations with insurance companies. Read
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FDA Regains Authority over Laboratory Developed Tests
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has withdrawn a Trump Administration-era policy that stripped the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of authority over laboratory-developed tests (LDTs). The switch in agency oversight is likely to shape congressional debate over which agency should oversee LDTs and what that oversight should look like. Read
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ASCP Urges Congress to Extend Medicare Payment Adjustor
ASCP has co-signed a letter with the American Medical Association, urging Congress to extend a 3.75-percent Medicare payment adjustment to the Physician Fee Schedule. Read
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