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Brace Yourself for Bad News in the 2027 MPFS

Published on Tue Jul 28, 2026

Big reductions in CDLT valuations are heading your way. Labs don’t have much to look forward to in 2028 and 2029 if the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule for the 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) passes without revision. That’s because CMS is considering implementing sweeping reductions in payments for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (CDLTs). [...]
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