Industry Notes:
Consider New DOS Guidance for Lab Tests From CMS
Published on Wed Oct 18, 2017
Plus: IMPACT Act elements shouldn't impact you in 2018. The date of service (DOS) for clinical lab tests and the technical component of pathology specimens is the collection date, according to The Medicare Claims Processing Manual, Chapter 16, Section 40.8. However, with no current specific DOS guidance for the professional component of pathology specimens, most labs use the same (collection) [...]