Press Releases

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) commends the re-introduction of Local Coverage Determination Clarification Act of 2017 in the US House of Representatives. The bill would improve transparency and accountability when Medicare contractors set local coverage determination (LCD) policies for physician services provided to Medicare beneficiaries.

Draft recommendations as part of a focused update to the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)/College of American Pathologists (CAP) evidence-based guideline for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) testing in breast cancer are now open for public comment through June 12, 2017.

The College of American Pathologists is pleased to announce that the Pathologists Quality Registry has been approved as a Qualified Clinical Data Registry by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services making it an invaluable reporting option for pathologists with fulfilling reporting requirements under Medicare's Quality Payment Program.

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) commended the re-introduction of Local Coverage Determination Clarification Act of 2017. The bill would improve transparency and accountability when Medicare contractors set local coverage determination (LCD) policies for physician services provided to Medicare beneficiaries. These decisions affect millions of Medicare beneficiaries and impact critical access to innovative technologies and procedures.

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) released draft recommendations for an evidence-based clinical practice guideline for public comment March 7 through March 27, 2017.

The College of American Pathologists selected FIGmd, the leading provider of clinical data registries to specialty societies, to develop the first pathologist-specific clinical data registry, Pathologists Quality Registry.

The College of American Pathologists and the American Society of Hematology (ASH) today published an evidence-based guideline that addresses the initial work-up of acute leukemia. The guideline was published in an early online edition of the Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine.

A new, evidenced-based clinical practice guideline on molecular biomarker testing for patients with colorectal cancer identifies opportunities for improving patient outcomes.

As part of the CAP's ongoing efforts to educate policy influencers—members of Congress, congressional staff, regulatory agency officials and health policy experts—an advertising campaign will run in the Washington, DC area from mid-November through December 16.

Patients are often quick to thank their doctors—and for good reason—but whom do doctors have to thank for their knowledge and passion? More often than not, it’s their medical instructors