Economic Challenges of Delivering Molecular Diagnostics to Patients focusing on PAMA, New Codes, and Prior Authorization

Moderator(s)

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  Jay Patel

  ARUP Laboratories, United States

Presentations:

• 10:20 AM - 10:45 AM MST

  Addressing Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) Its History, Challenges, and Current Legislative Status
  

  Speaker: Samuel K. Caughron, MD – MAWD Pathology
• 10:45 AM - 11:10 AM MST

  CPT Coding Developments for Molecular Pathology Procedures and Their Impacts on the Field at Large
  

  Speaker: Aaron D. Bossler, MD, PhD – University of Iowa
• 11:10 AM - 11:35 AM MST

  The Current Landscape of Prior Authorization Procedures and Its Challenges
  

  Speaker: Clarisa Blattner, CCS, CPC (she/her/hers) – XiFin, Inc.