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- ICYMI: CAP Fixes Post-Graduate Resident Histopathology Rule Problem
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has addressed a personnel requirement problem the CAP had sought to fix in the agency’s histopathology interpretive guidelines.
In late December, the CMS communicated to the CAP that it was updating the interpretive guidelines that had prohibited post-graduate pathology residents from interpreting tests. In 2023, the CMS removed a regulatory requirement resulting in post-graduate residents no longer being qualified to read slides. The revised language now clearly states that post-graduate residents do indeed qualify. The histopathology guidelines now states that the “CMS considers those individuals who have completed their residency and are waiting to obtain their board certification to qualify under this regulation.”
The CAP has published its professional competency checklist assessment to reflect this change.