Previous Advocacy Updates

Having issues reporting MIPS? The CMS wants to hear from you!

The CAP engages with CMS on potential CLIA regulations on lab personnel.

The CMS Addresses the CAP’s Concerns on NGS Coverage.

The CAP calls for revisions to “14-day rule” policy to allow laboratories to directly bill for molecular pathology and advanced diagnostic tests regardless of the place of service.

In testimony delivered to an FDA advisory committee on March 30, the CAP supported the use of capillary blood with blood glucose meters for critically-ill hospital patients in certain instances.

Recently CAP leaders met with top CMS officials to discuss the challenges pathologists face when participating in Medicare’s Quality Payment Program.

It’s not too late to be heard at the 2018 Policy Meeting and earn 6.5 CMEs.

CAP and other specialty societies Ask CMS to reduce 2018 MIPS reporting period

Pathologists to advocate for LCD, PAMA Reform at the 2018 Policy Meeting

Pathologists lobby for Medicare LCD, PAMA reform at 2018 Hill Day

MIPS clinician eligibility tool available for Individuals and Group Practices

The CAP's state advocacy efforts help to secure the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requirement for insurers who participate in federally-facilitated health insurance exchanges to document their process for monitoring access to hospital-based physicians, including pathologists, at in-network hospitals.

A new study by health policy researchers strengthens the case to close the self-referral loophole that leads to overutilization of medical services.

Pathologists nominated by the CAP will serve on a panel charged with setting Medicare reimbursement rates for clinical laboratory services.

The CAP engages with elected officials by seeking a legislative fix to reform Medicare’s flawed local coverage determination (LCD) process.

The CAP urged a Medicare Administrative Contractor to withdraw its draft local coverage determination on special histochemical stains and immunohistochemical stains.

STATLINE| College of American Pathologists The CAP provides additional resources and analysis of pathology reimbursement provisions in the proposed 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.

The CMS proposed to support increases sought by the CAP for pathology services in its proposed 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule regulation on July 8

The CAP provides the latest resources and information on the upcoming transition to the ICD-10 diagnosis coding set on October 1.