Medicare Reimbursement: Part B Lab Payments in Final Year before PAMA

摘要

Part B payments for lab tests in 2017, the final year under the old reimbursement rules, totaled $7.1 billion, up slightly from the $6.8 billion Medicare paid in 2016 and little changed over the four-year baseline period leading into the new PAMA market-based pricing system, according to an OIG report.