US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-04, ch. 19, § 80.6
A/B MAC (B) - Clinical Laboratory Services - Payment Policy
Medicare Part B payment may be made to freestanding facilities for covered clinical
laboratory tests. Freestanding facilities are paid for clinical laboratory tests covered as a
result of §630 MMA, indefinitely extended by §2902 of the ACA, based on the clinical
laboratory fee schedule.
History
(Rev. 2075, Issued: 10-28-10, Effective: 01-01-10, Implementation: 01-28-11)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
689e755d4b522d6a1924799696596894950ef72092cbb6f7cdcc52072eb53542
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