With Genetic Test Codes Developed, CMS Undecided On How To Pay For Them
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Specific reimbursement codes have been developed for the first time for more than 100 genetic tests, but they will not be adopted by Medicare until at least 2013 as CMS figures out how to incorporate them into the payment system..
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