CodeMap® Compliance ALERT: December 13, 2012

APPARENT ERRORS IN 2013 MEDICARE LABORATORY FEE SCHEDULE

Our review of the recently published 2013 Medicare Laboratory Fee Schedule has revealed numerous apparent errors. By law, CMS should have revised the fee schedule by implementing an across the board 2.95% cut. However, the 2013 fee schedule contains numerous changes that can not be explained by recent legislation and the resultant authority of CMS and its contractors. For example we found the following changes:

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