PAMA Progress: CMS Posts Committee Reports from July 19 (ADLT & Panels); CMS Posts Guidance on Lab Reporting

This year's annual July CLFS meeting was held at CMS on July 18, 2016.  The next day, July 19, CMS held a non public meeting of the PAMA clinical laboratory test advisory committee.

PAMA PANEL / JULY CLOSED SESSION MINUTES
CMS has posted summary of the July 19 meetings online at the PAMA advisory committee webpage (here).

• The panel's comments on issues regarding ADLT designation are posted here.
• The panel's comments on issues regarding PAMA and "automated tests" are posted here.

PAMA PANEL / SEPTEMBER ADLT PUBLIC MEETING

CMS will hold a public meeting with the panel on September 12, 2016; for more information, here.  Registration and comments close on September 2.  

EXTRA CMS GUIDANCE FOR REPORTING UNDER PAMA

Separately, in August CMS issued a 13 page memorandum of guidance for labs reporting under PAMA.  The guidance, in the Medlearn Matters series, is online here. 

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For a transcript and a cloud file of decks used at the July 18 CLFS meeting, here.