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Importance of Clinical Lab Testing for Patients At Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease Heralded During National Kidney Month
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Noting the critical role routine clinical lab tests play in the diagnosis of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and many other diseases ... Read More -
Lab testing a Medicare cost saver
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the new chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and a longtime champion of improving chronic disease care, is in a position ... Read More -
Letter from CLC to HHS OIG Meeting Request
Daniel R. Levinson Inspector General Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General 330 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Dear Mr. ... Read More -
Statement Regarding OIG Report on Medicare Spending on Clinical Lab Services
Washington, D.C. (June 12, 2013) – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) yesterday released a report, “Comparing Lab ... Read More -
Controlling Chronic Kidney Disease Saves Lives and Money
Contact: Scott McGoohan American Clinical Laboratory Association Tel: 202.637.9466 Oct. 11, 2012 Controlling Chronic Kidney Disease Saves Lives and Money Low-Cost Lab Tests Help Slow ... Read More -
Letter to Chairman Pitts and Ranking Member Pallone Regarding MDUFA
May 7, 2012 The Honorable Joe Pitts Chairman Subcommittee on Health Committee on Energy and Commerce U.S. House of Representatives 2125, Rayburn House ... Read More -
Big Cuts in Reimbursement for Medicare Lab Tests will Hurt Patients, says ACLA
Cumulative cuts from recently enacted legislation total 23% over next 10 years Washington, DC — Recently enacted budget cuts that would slash Medicare reimbursement ... Read More -
Lab Tests Critical to Detecting 79 Million Americans on Brink of Developing Diabetes
Washington DC — Laboratory tests are a critical component in helping the US confront the diabetes epidemic that is projected to cost $514 billion by ... Read More -
Comments on the Medicare Shared Savings Program: Accountable Care Organizations Proposed Rule
The American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) is pleased to have this opportunity to submit our comments on the Medicare Program; Medicare Shared Savings Program: Accountable ... Read More -
Comments on ACO proposed F-A Waivers
COMMENTS OF THE AMERICAN CLINICAL LABORATORY ASSOCIATION ON THE MEDICARE PROGRAM; WAIVER DESIGNS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MEDICARE SHARED SAVINGS PROGRAM AND THE INNOVATION CENTER; ... Read More
