Challenges of Reimbursement for Molecular Infectious Disease Syndromic Panel Testing

Presenter:

• Joseph D. Yao, M.D., D(ABMM), Director of Hepatitis/HIV Laboratory, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Rochester, MN

Description of Session:

This webinar will highlight the latest Medicare administrative contractors (MAC) reimbursement criteria and rules finalized in October 2022 on molecular syndromic panels for infectious disease pathogen identification testing.  Implications of these rules for clinicians and potential approaches of diagnostic stewardship to encourage judicious use of these panel tests will be discussed.

A certificate of participation will be granted to each participant based on 1.0 contact hours of instruction toward credit.

This program is co-sponsored by ASCLS-WI which is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. program.

As part of the new P.A.C.E. continuing education process, please go to the ASCLS CE Organizer web site to print your P.A.C.E. certificates. You will be asked for a code number to print the certificate. We will provide you this number during the webinar.

Please note that the deadline for receiving P.A.C.E. education credit for this webinar is January 18th, 2024.

Materials:

• Challenges of Reimbursement for Molecular Infectious Disease Syndromic Panel Testing – Presentation
• WCLN Webinar – Challenges of Reimbursement for Molecular Infectious Disease Syndromic Panel Testing