| November
2003 - Vol. 9, No. 12 [PDF,
41KB] |
| In this issue: |
- President's Message
- Lab Provisions of the Medicare Drug
Bill
- ACLA Files Comments on OIG Proposed Rule
- FDA ASR Regulation
- CPT
- ACLA Calendar of Events
|
| October
2003 - Vol. 9, No. 11 [PDF,
72KB] |
| In this issue: |
- Message from Alan Mertz
- CoPay Looks Less Likely
- HIPAA Transaction Codes; Averted "Train
Wreck" No "Accident"
- HIPAA Transaction
Standards Alert
- FDA
- Opposing OIG Rule on Excessive Claims
- NCD Request for
ESRD Laboratory Testing
- New York Investigation Testing
- Transportation of Diagnostic
Specimens
- Other ACLA News
- ACLA Calendar of Events
|
| August
2003 - Vol. 9, No. 10 [PDF,
463KB] |
| In this issue: |
- Message from Alan Mertz
- Continuing the Co-Pay Fight
- CDC Director/ACLA Meet to
Plan Collaboration on Public Health Threats
- Physician
Pay Schedule Announcement
- Other ACLA News
- ACLA-Led HIPAA Coalition Progresses
- Calendar of Events
|
| July
2003 - Vol. 9, No. 9 [PDF,
91KB] |
| In this issue: |
- Message from Alan Mertz
- Opposing Lab CoPay
- ACLA Takes Lead on HIPAA
- Successful Meeting with Secretary
Thompson
- Opposing Competitive Bidding
- New Jersey Medicaid Visit
- CAP Genetic: Test Coding Workgroup
- Calendar of Events
|
| June
2003 - Vol. 9, No. 8 [PDF,
33KB] |
| In this issue: |
- Message from Dr. Sundwall: ACLA Board Chair, Kenneth
Freeman, joined ACLA staff in meetings with key Senate
health staff on May 14, to inform them of our health policy
priorities.
- HIPAA Administrative Simplification: ACLA
submitted its change request for the 4010 Implementation
Guide to the Designated Standard Maintenance Organizations
(DSMOs).
- Pathology Coding Caucus: The caucus is
to review and recommend actions to the CPT Editorial
Board on proposed new and revised CPT codes.
- SARS: We
are working with CDC to promote improved collaboration
between public and private labs.
- Calendar of Events
|
| May
2003 - Vol. 9, No. 7 [PDF,
33KB] |
| In this issue: |
- Message from Dr. Sundwall: Without question there
is a political imperative to enact a prescription drug
benefit.
- Billing and Reimbursement: Members of the
committee participated in a conference call with Don
Thompson.
- CPT: There seems to be growing interest
in using the ICD-9 coding system to classify genetic
tests.
- Quality Institute: The first ever Quality Institute
Conference convened in Atlanta on April 13-15.
- Standard
Transactions Working Group: We submitted
comments on the Draft 4050 Guide focusing on the
requirement that laboratories must submit diagnosis information.
- Calendar
of Events
|
| April
2003 - Vol. 9, No. 6 [PDF,
31KB] |
| In this issue: |
- Message from Dr. Sundwall: ACLA continues to move
our legislative and regulatory agenda forward.
- CPT: ACLA
has received an invitation to participated in the new
Pathology Coding Caucus (PCC).
- ESRD: ACLA submitted
to CMS a proposal making recommendations for testing
frequencies for certain laboratory tests.
- FDA: ACLA
met with FDA to discuss issues related to analyte specific
reagents and laboratory developed testing.
- HIPAA Standard
Transactions Working Group: ACLA
has established a working group to determine
if we should seek changes to the requirements.
- State Issues: ACLA
has written to the New Jersey Medicaid program requesting
a meeting.
- Calendar of Events
|
| March
2003 - Vol. 9, No. 5 [PDF,
21KB] |
| In this issue: |
- Message from Dr. Sundwall: There is no movement
on several fronts to address ACLA's 2003 priorities issues.
- CPT: The
CPT Editorial Panel met in Orlando, Florida on February
6-8, 2003.
- ESRD: ACLA members reviewed a CMS-prepared
list of dialysis-related CPT codes for tests that might
be performed for ESRD patients in skilled nursing facilities.
- FDA: Representatives
of ACLA attended the FDA/Professional Society IVD Roundtable.
- Medical
malpractice/Patient Safety: Congressman
Greenwood introduced the "Help Efficient, Accessible,
Low Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2003.
- Calendar
of Events
|
| February
2003 - Vol. 9, No. 4 [PDF,
24KB] |
| In this issue: |
- Message from Dr. Sundwall: The ACLA Board met and
developed a list of priorities for ACLA during the coming
year.
- CMS Open Forum: An internal working group is
developing a carrier change request that would tell carriers
to load the fee schedules.
- LHCC: A joint research
project with the National Committee on Quality Assurance
(NCQA) designed to identify laboratory-specific data
in HEDIS measures was approved.
- OSHA: ACLA met with
OSHA to discuss our concerns about their interpretive
letter forbidding the reuse of reusable needleholders.
- Calendar
of Events
|
| January
2003 - Vol. 9, No. 3 [PDF,
34KB] |
| In this issue: |
- Message from Dr. Sundwall: Health care issues are
near the top of the congressional agenda and will be addressed
in some fashion.
- Clinical Laboratory Coalition Planning
Meeting: The
coalition met to consider what we need to accomplish
with regards to government affairs for the clinical
laboratory community for the next Congress.
- Hematology
Code Billing: ACLA wrote to CMS seeking
guidance concerning how laboratories should bill for
hematology codes.
- Physician Fee Schedule: CMS published
the 2003 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule on
December 31, 2002.
- Technical Component: CMS has
agreed to a one year extension to the rule allowing laboratories
to bill Medicare directly for the technical components
(TC) of pathology services.
- Calendar of Events
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