Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Very Brief Blog: CMS Publishes Speaker Agenda for Annual Lab Meeting June 23, 2022

The "Annual Lab Meeting" for pricing new lab codes at CMS is coming, on June 23, 2022.  See prior blog.    Speaker registration was back on June 3, while audience members can just log on to an open webinar code that CMS will provide.

CMS has updated the day's agenda to list the speakers.  Find it here:

http://www.discoveriesinhealthpolicy.com/2022/05/cms-expands-annual-lab-meeting-new.html

The agenda PDF includes a live ZOOM link.  Find the whole web page for the lab meeting here.

NEW TO ME:

See a two-page colorful infographic, resembling the games Chutes and Ladders, at CMS here:

https://www.cms.gov/files/document/clinical-laboratory-fee-schedule-annual-payment-determination-process.pdf



BACK TO THE AGENDA:

There are 35 registered presentations (suggesting up to 350 minutes, or six hours, at 10 minutes each).  The speakers include large associations such as College of American Pathologists and individual companies, typically, to comment on a PLA code.   I count 28 stakeholders who are coming to comment on 1, or just a couple, PLA codes.  


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The infographic shown and linked above, is dated 6/2020.