On December 10, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published the Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule, Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule & Other Revisions to Part B for 2014, a final rule with comment period, in the Federal Register. Included in the rule are CMS's Technological Change Proposal for the Part B CLFS (see pages 74440-74445); CMS's withdrawal of the payment reductions for Anatomic Pathology (see page 74248); and the inability to "score" CMS's proposals (see page 74804).

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CMS Publishes Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment Rule

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program; Organ Procurement Organizations; Quality Improvement Organizations; Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program; Provider Reimbursement Determinations and Appeals, a final rule with comment period, in the December 10, 2013, Federal Register.

Pages 74939-74942 address provisions for bundling laboratory services. The rule describes when laboratory services are included in a bundle (see page 74941 in particular).

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