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- Support Grows to Stop Medicare Cuts to Clinical Laboratory Services
The CAP recently teamed up with the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) to encourage Congress to enact the Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act (SALSA), which would stabilize Medicare’s payment system for clinical laboratory services. The CAP strongly opposes drastic cuts slated to hit clinical laboratory fees in 2024.
As part of ACLA’s Stop Lab Cuts campaign, they hosted an advocacy Hill Day on June 8, during which lobbyists from the CAP, ACLA, and other laboratory groups met with members of the House and Senate to encourage co-sponsorship and enactment of SALSA. The CAP further amplified this message during ACLA’s social media advocacy day on June 14.
SALSA would give the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services new authority to collect private market data through statistically valid sampling from all laboratory segments for the widely available test services where previous data collection was inadequate. By providing a gradual phase-in approach, the bill protects clinical laboratories, the Medicare program, and patients from the impact of dramatic rate increases or decreases.
How Pathologists Can Continue to Fight These Cuts
During the Pathologists Leadership Summit, CAP members advocated to support passage of SALSA. Pathologists can also encourage their representatives and senators to support the bill by signing into our Action Center.