title: New legislation gives hope for an improved Medicare payment system for clinical laboratory services.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Pontius
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000592:standards; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics*; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States