In a win for CAP Advocacy on private payer issues, UnitedHealthcare announced on July 1 that it would delay implementing the clinical and pathology Laboratory Test Registry Protocol until further notice. In its advocacy with private health insurance plans, the CAP champions policies protecting access to pathology services for patients and protecting against overburdening pathologists with administrative requirements.
CAP leaders previously met with UnitedHealthcare to express opposition to the insurer’s laboratory test registry. The CAP leaders had said that the new requirements would interfere with critical diagnostic care to patients and create unnecessary reporting burdens. The CAP urged UnitedHealthcare to cease implementing the program and work with the CAP to address any outstanding needs for information and transparency.
For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare Test Registry page.