Research Reports

Fully updated, this manual offers you reliable and necessary information to calculate and forecast your Medicare revenue, facilitate the submission of Medicare claims, get all the allowable Medicare payment, and much more—including the latest policy updates for 2008. You also receive a CD-ROM that includes revised RVU pathology payments by Medicare locality and lab payment data for all 10 HHS Regions.

This new edition includes the latest reimbursement changes based on legislation passed by Congress in December 2007 that provides a 6-month fee update for pathology physician services through June 30, 2008. SPECIAL BONUS: If Congress enacts any other payment revisions later this year, you’ll also receive a mid-year update covering them as soon as they become available.

In addition, you get reliable and accurate, up-to-date information in a convenient and easy-to-understand format. You can count on the 2008 Medicare Reimbursement Manual to:

• Make it easier to submit Medicare claims
• Allow you to get all the allowable Medicare payment
• Help you to calculate and forecast Medicare revenue
• Enable labs to compare & analyze lab & pathology fees across geographic areas

And, it provides an indispensable financial tool for hospitals, independent labs, pathology practices, medical groups and physician office labs.

For Clinical Lab Services:

• Local fee schedule & national payment capsin CPT 80000 Series7
• Lab payment data for all 10 HHS regions & local areas on CD-ROM
• Medicare data for most frequently performed lab tests
• Coding & policy changes for all lab tests

For Pathology Services:

• Revised RVU pathology payments by Medicare Locality on CD-ROM7
• Legislative actions affecting physician fees
• Analysis of high-volume pathology procedures
• Latest regulatory developments for physicians