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Critical Value of Clinical Lab Testing Illuminated During Medical Lab Professionals Week
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recognition of the 300,000 medical laboratory professionals across the country who perform and interpret more than 10 billion laboratory tests annually, the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) today joined the American Society for Clinical Pathology in celebrating Medical Lab Professionals Week from April 19 to 25, 2015. “Diagnostics serve as the foundation for a new age of personalized medicine,” said ACLA PresidentContinue Reading »... -
ACLA Opposition to Medicare Offset for Trade Bill
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In Recognition of Healthy Kids Day Lab Community Underscores Value of Diagnostic Tests For Prevalent Childhood Disease
WASHINGTON, DC – As YMCAs across the country prepare to celebrate Healthy Kids Day on April 25th, the American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) today urged parents who may be seeing symptoms of diabetes in their children to ask their doctor if a diagnostic blood test for early detection of diabetes is appropriate. “According to JDRF, each year more than fifteen thousand kids are diagnosedContinue Reading »... -
ACLA Applauds Bi-Partisan Congressional Passage of Legislation to Permanently Reform the Medicare Physician Payment Methodology
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) today commended Congress for spearheading reform of the Medicaid physician payment process and passing legislation that repeals the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), a payment methodology long considered to be problematic by both policymakers and the physician community. “Congress has demonstrated its ability to work together to effect reform and the clinical lab industry commends theContinue Reading »... -
Dark Daily: Obama’s $215 Million Precision Medicine Initiative: Will Congress Fund It and Can It Advance Genetic Testing and the Value of Clinical Laboratory Services?
Even as a new presidential initiative to boost precision medicine makes headlines, there is uncertainty as to how the program can be funded. The Precision Medicine Initiative was announced by President Obama on January 30, 2015. Many pathologists, clinical chemists, and medical laboratory scientists recognize that such a program would pump additional funds into the research and development of new diagnostic tests that areContinue Reading »... -
A Statement from the Alliance for Integrity in Medicare (AIM)
WASHINGTON, DC – The Alliance of Integrity in Medicare highlights a new report out by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) last week that increased the Medicare savings score in the President’s FY 2016 budget for the narrowing In-Office Ancillary Services (IOAS) exception. According to CBO the savings associated with IOAS reform rose $100 million from last year to $3.5 Billion, representing additional Medicare savingsContinue Reading »... -
AIM Letters to Congressional Leaders Supporting Inclusion of IOAS Reform in SGR Package
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ACLA-AARP Joint Letters to Congress Opposing Medicare Cost-Sharing for Clinical Lab Services
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ACLA Letter to Chairman Enzi and Ranking Member Sanders Regarding IOAS Exception
Note: An identical letter was sent to the House Budget Committee Chair Tom Price and Ranking Member Van Hollen.... -
ACLA Applauds the Inclusion of Medicare Self-Referral Reform in President’s FY 2016 Budget
(Washington, D.C.) – The American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) today applauded the President’s FY 2016 Budget for including the removal of anatomic pathology (AP) from the Medicare in-office ancillary services (IOAS) exception to the federal self-referral law, noting it protects patients and the clinical lab profession. This is the third consecutive year the provision has been included in the President’s annual budget. “The clinicalContinue Reading »...
