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- Clinical Laboratory Test Data Reporting Delayed Until 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reminded laboratories that statutory required reporting of private rates for Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests (CDLTs) is delayed until 2022. During the pandemic, the CAP has advocated to reduce regulatory burdens on pathologists and the laboratories they lead.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, enacted in 2020, made several revisions to the next data reporting period for CDLTs and the phase-in of payment reductions under the Medicare private payor rate-based clinical laboratory fee schedule (CLFS). The next data reporting period of January 1, 2022 through March 31, 2022 will be based on the original data collection period of January 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019.
Applicable laboratories must report data from the original collection period next year. Reporting would again resume on a 3-year cycle beginning in 2025.
For more information, see the CMS PAMA Regulations webpage.