ACC and its partners have won another victory for our members on the payment front! CMS issued a final rule on Dec. 28 delaying the anti-markup provisions in §414.50. The rule delays until Jan. 1, 2009 the applicability of the anti markup provisions except with respect to the technical component of a purchased diagnostic test and with respect to any anatomic pathology diagnostic testing services furnished in space that: is utilized by a physician group practice as a "centralized building" for purposes of complying with the physician self-referral rules; and does not qualify as a "same building." Our advocacy team will continue to monitor this and provide detailed analysis of the rule.

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