Affordable Care Act - Section 3113 - Laboratory Demonstration for Certain Complex Diagnostic Tests (This CR fully Rescinds and Replaces CR 7413)
Guidance for section 3113 of the Affordable Care Act, which requires the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to conduct a demonstration project for certain complex diagnostic laboratory tests for a period of 2 years beginning January 1, 2012 or until the one hundred million dollars payment ceiling has been reached. This Change Request (CR) fully rescinds and replaces CR 7413, Transmittal
74, issued July 15, 2011, and revises the language in the background and policy section to clarify that Critical Access Hospitals are also included in this demonstration.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: July 29, 2011
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