Diagnostic Testing & Technology Report

A new bill, H.R. 6761, makes a controversial call to modernize the 24-year-old Medicare lab fee schedule. The bill was introduced July 31 by Reps. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) and Michael Burgess (R-Texas) through the efforts of the Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA) and the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS). Stupak and Burgess are members of the Energy and Commerce Committee. CLMA and ASCLS are urging their members to get their representatives to sign on as cosponsors.