ePolicy News November 2020

Find a list of the stories in the November 2020 edition of ePolicy News below.

ASCP Supports COVID-19 Reporting Requirement with Changes
ASCP has expressed its support of the recent Interim Final Rule on COVID-19 test reporting, which changes the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reporting requirement for COVID-19 by altering the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 regulations. Read more.

CMS Alters High-Throughput COVID-19 Payment Rates, Again
Seema Verma, the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has unveiled a new payment policy for COVID-19 testing to incentivize faster turnaround testing for high-throughput COVID-19 diagnostic testing. Read more.

CMS Takes Action to Protect COVID-19 Testing Quality
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is working to ensure U.S. laboratories are fit to deliver reliable, accurate and timely patient test results for COVID-19 by confirming Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 certifications are up-to-date. Read more.

ASCP Raises Issue of False Results with FDA
ASCP has voiced concerns to the Food and Drug Administration about issues related to test setting and performance metrics for some COVID-19 tests, such as antigen tests. Read more.

Right Test for the Right Patient to Maximize Performance for Accurate Test Results
Diagnostic testing has played a critical role in the COVID-19 pandemic and has been central to patient care. In his ASCP 2020 Virtual presentation, State of the State: The COVID-19 Pandemic (DMT176-20), Gary Procop, MD, MS, MASCP, shared lessons learned from the clinical and public health laboratory community during 2020. Read more.

Recording of ASCP Virtual Town Hall with Dr. Anthony Fauci Available
If you missed ASCP’s Virtual Town Hall with Dr. Anthony Fauci on September 23, you can access a recording of the discussion at online. The recording is also CME/CMLE eligible. Read more.

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