Low Osmolar Contrast Material/Laboratory Tests/Payment for Inpatient Services Furnished by a Critical Access Hospital (CAH)
We are revising the Medicare Claims Processing Manual to state that payment will be made to CAHs for Low Osmolar Contrast Material (LOCM) furnished to inpatients or outpatients as part of medically necessary imaging procedures. We also are clarifying that if CAHs set up “draw stations” in non-CAH providers or facilities, payment for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests performed on those specimens will not be made on a reasonable cost basis.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: November 26, 2004
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