Thursday, August 20, 2026

Can AI Solve the Challenge: What's the Origin of Surg Path Coding (like 88305)

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Here's a challenge I gave to Chat GPT 5.6.  What's the origin of the coding system for surgical pathology - biopsies 88305, etc.   C...
Wednesday, August 19, 2026

CMS Proposes Valuation Review of 88305 (Biopsy H&E) - Chat GPT Reviews History

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 In July, when CMS released the proposed policies for physician fee schedule aka Part B, it included a proposal to review the valuation of ...
Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Chat GPT Reviews History of McDermott Plus Consulting - After News from Politico

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We're waiting for confirmation of a news item in Politico that McDermott Plus is closing in August 2026. While we wait, Chat GPT ran a i...
Sunday, August 16, 2026

New Proposal Introduces Broader Authority for Political Input to NIH Grant Decisions

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Back in May 2026 , OMB issued a proposed rule that would lay out the authority and framework for political appointees to have a much stronge...

Why CMS MAC Questions for Synuclein Diagnostics Miss the Main Point

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This week, on August 20, several Medicare MACs will hold a public session on the literature on alpha-synuclein tesitng for Parkinson's a...

You Can Still Register for "CAC" Meeting on Synuclein Testing (Neurodegeneration)

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On Thursday, August 20, 2026, Noridian and some other MACs will hold a listen-only conference on neurodegeneration, specifically, use of alp...
Saturday, August 15, 2026

Patient Rights Group Sues AMA Over the "CPT Monopoly"

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 AMA CPT was in the spotlight in mid-July, when CMS released a "request for information" that was highly concerned about both the ...
Friday, August 14, 2026

AI Guest Author: How Far Away Are AI-Generated Path Reports? Closer Than You Knew! (Ver2)

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 Only seven days ago, we published a white paper asking, “How Far Away Are AI-Generated Pathology Reports?” Since then, we encountered seve...

AI Guest Author: A New White Paper, The Ten-Year Outlook of Pathology and AI

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This week, I ran across an interesting article in Modern Healthcare on radiology, AI, and rural hospitals.  And that led to a new 22-page r...

CMS NTAP: CMS Didn't Kill Breathrough Status, But Gave It a Leave-By Date

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 For several years, CMS granted a special easier review path for new devices that had breakthrough status, and who wanted NTAP (hospital ext...
Thursday, August 13, 2026

Chat GPT Asks Why MEDPAC is Different

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 With the current administratioin, some federal activities like PAC CARB (experts for antibiotic resistance) and USPSTF (for prevention) see...

CMS Releases List of CPT Lab Codes with No 1H2025 PAMA Pricing Data

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HEADER: CMS RELEASES PAMA CODES WITH "NO DATA" CMS’s PAMA “no data” list included roughly 90 conventional CPT codes, seven M-codes...
Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Medicare Neurodegeneration Tests - Public Meeting - Question List Posted.

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 On August 20, 2026, Medicare MACs will hold a public workshop (Contractor Advisory Committee) about neurodegeneration tests, with a focus o...

Role of Pathologists in Molecular Ordering: in Breast Cancer, Kohle et al.

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 Just a few days ago we covered Pineault et al, clinical behavior around ordering molecular testing in NSCLC .  Find the blog here:  https:...
Monday, August 10, 2026

Example of AI at Work: AI Runs a Very Specific Information Request for Me, Every Monday

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Last week, I was struck by FDA approval of software that generates a ready-to-edit report for the radiologist from ultrasounds.  ( Here ). I...