Recent Developments in Pathology

Recent Developments in Pathology: Medicare FFS pathology codes have been negatively affected by budget neutrality adjustments due to E&M reform. Pathology specialty spend has experienced modest fluctuations in recent years. Click here to read more.

Weekly Medicaid Update

The brief highlights recent Medicaid policy developments in key states over the past week, including, but not limited to: CO: Delays removal of some prior authorization requirements for speech therapy PA: CMS approves $42M in additional funding for Money Follows the Person program GA: Increases for some OBGYN codes Click to read more.

Recent MedPAC & MACPAC Activity

Recent MedPAC & MACPAC Activity: MedPAC recommends aligning payment across the three ambulatory settings and MACPAC examines barriers to home and community-based services. Click here to read more.