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1. Medicare payments for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests in 2016: year 3 of baseline data

Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, September 2017

Subject(s):

Clinical Laboratory Techniques -- economics
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement
Medicare Part B -- economics
Prospective Payment System
Rate Setting and Review
United States
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)

2. Medicare payments for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests in 2017: year 4 of baseline data

Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, September 2018

Subject(s):

Clinical Laboratory Techniques -- economics
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement
Medicare Part B -- economics
Prospective Payment System
United States
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)

3. COVID-19 tests drove an increase in total Medicare Part B spending on lab tests in 2020, while use of non-COVID-19 tests decreased significantly

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, December 2021

Subject(s):

Clinical Laboratory Techniques -- economics
COVID-19 Testing -- economics
Government Regulation
Medicare Part B -- economics
United States
United States. Department of Health and Human Services

4. Medicare laboratory tests: implementation of new rates may lead to billions in excess payments : report to Congressional committees

Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, November 2018

Subject(s):

Clinical Laboratory Techniques -- economics
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement
Fee Schedules
United States
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)

5. Labs with questionably high billing for additional tests alongside COVID-19 tests warrant further scrutiny

Author(s):

Maxwell, Ann, (Deputy Inspector General for Evaluation and Inspections), author

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, December 2022

Subject(s):

Clinical Laboratory Techniques -- economics
Costs and Cost Analysis
COVID-19 Testing -- economics
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement
Medicare Part B
United States

6. Effect of a price transparency intervention in the electronic health record on clinician ordering of inpatient laboratory tests

Author(s):

Sedrak, Mina S., author
Myers, Jennifer S., author
Small, Dylan S., author
Nachamkin, Irving, author
Ziembar, Justin B., author
Murray, Dana, author
Kurtzman, Gregory W., author
Zhu, Jingsan, author
Wang, Wenli, author
Mincarelli, Deborah, author
Danoski, Daniel, author
Wells, Brian P., author
Berns, Jeffrey S., author
Brennan, Patrick J., author
Hanson, C. William, author
Dine, Jessica, author
Patel, Mitesh S., author

Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 2017

Subject(s):

Clinical Laboratory Techniques -- economics
Disclosure
Practice Patterns, Physicians' -- statistics & numerical data
Unnecessary Procedures -- economics
United States