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POS Update:

Beware Place-of-Service Misinformation

Published on Fri Apr 05, 2013

CMS still promises path/lab instruction. The place of service (POS) implementation deadline is upon us (April 1, 2013), yet, as of press time, CMS hasn’t produced the much-promised clarification for pathology. Back story: On March 29, 2012, Medicare issued Transmittal 2435 (Change Request [CR] 7631) for new POS rules, which included this statement: “Clarification on the POS for pathology services [...]
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