On December 10, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced the Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act delayed the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule private payor reporting requirement:
- Next data reporting period is January 1 – March 31, 2023
- Reporting is based on the original data collection period, January 1 – June 30, 2019
The Act also extended the statutory phase-in of payment reductions resulting from private payor rate implementation:
- No payment reductions for Calendar Years (CYs) 2021 and 2022
- Payment won’t be reduced by more than 15% for CYs 2023 through 2025
Visit the PAMA Regulations webpage for more information on what data you need to collect and how to report it.
