03/11/09 - Negotiated Rulemaking
Medicare Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Fee Schedule Modernization Act, HR 1452

12/19/08 - CPI Increase
CMS Transmittal announcing the 4.5% CPI increase to the 2009 Part B fee schedule

09/17/08 - Travel Allowance
8 Cent Increase to Trip Fee to be Implemented October 6, 2008

08/1/08 - Rebase Fee Schedule
HR 6761, A Bill to Rebase the Part B Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule

05/30/08 - Travel Allowance
Travel Allowance Increase

Advanced Beneficiary Notices (ABNs)

2008

CMS Manual System, Pub 100-04 Medicare Claims Processing, Transmittal 1587, Subject: Revised Form CMS-R-131 Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage  September 2008

CMS Publishes Instructions For Newly Revised ABN

CMS has finally posted instructions for the new Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN).  The deadline date for final implementation is March 1, 2009.  Click here to view copies of CMS's announcement, the new ABN form, and the instructions.  - August 19, 2008

ABN Information  June 2008

2002

Federal Register - February 19, 2002

Revisions to the Draft ABN Based on Comments Received

Forms

ABN Form No. CMS-R-131-L (English ) for lab services
ABN Form No. CMS-R-131-L (Spanish) for lab services
ABN Form No. CMS-R-131-G (English) for all services
ABN Form No. CMS-R-131-G (Spanish) for all services

Supporting Statement and Comments & Responses

2006 Update to Medicare's Part B Clinical Lab Fee Schedule - Part B Fee Schedule

Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule Improvement Act of 2006 (Introduced in House) HR 5369 - Rebasing Fee Schedule

05/15 /06 - Part Be Fee Schedule
Hold On Medicare Payments

12/13/05
CMS - Inherent Reasonableness Payment Policy

Medicare Program; Application of Inherent Reasonableness Payment Policy to Medicare Part B Services (Other Than Physician Services), Federal Register, December 13, 2005

2001-2002 Negotiated Rulemaking

• Final Rule, Federal Register - November 23, 2001
• PM AB-02-129, September 27, 2002 - instructions to implement the remaining administrative policies for clinical diagnostic laboratory services under Medicare Part B specified in the final negotiated rulemaking regulation.
• PM AB-02-110, July 31, 2002 - includes national coverage decisions for clinical diagnostic laboratory service
• PM AB-02-087, June 26, 2002 - announces the delay in the implementation of the editing for the National Coverage Decisions to January 1, 2003, for dates of service on or after November 25, 2002.
• PM AB-02-030, March 2002 - implemented certain administrative policies from the final rule effective February 23, 2002.

03/10/00 - Negotiated Rulemaking
Medicare Program; Negotiated Rulemaking:  Coverage and Administrative Polices for Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Services
This link will take you to the table of contents for the March 10, 2000, Federal Register.  Scroll down to Health Care Financing Administration in this table of contents to find this proposed rule.