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- Congress Stops 2025 Cuts to Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule
Congress passed legislation delaying Medicare cuts to clinical laboratory fees for one year on September 25. The CAP supported congressional action to stop the Medicare cuts set to take effect on January 1, 2025. While pathologists and laboratories preferred that Congress adopt a permanent fix, the CAP is pleased lawmakers enacted a bill preventing decreases of up to 15% from hitting certain laboratory tests next year.
President Joe Biden signed the legislation, which was part of a larger package to avert a federal government shutdown, on September 30 This marks the sixth year in a row Congress has passed a one-year delay to PAMA implementation. While Congress has enacted a patch to prevent these cuts for 2025, the CAP will continue working with legislators on a permanent solution.