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Quest Diagnostics asks Ohio Senate to raise Medicaid lab rates, citing cutbacks after last budget
Summary
Quest Diagnostics told the Senate Medicaid Committee that Ohio's Medicaid clinical-lab reimbursement rates remain at 75% of Medicare for most tests despite budget language promising increases, and urged lawmakers to raise rates to 80% and update rates more regularly.
Representatives of the lab industry urged the Ohio Senate Medicaid Committee to increase Medicaid reimbursement for clinical laboratory tests from the current 75% of Medicare to 80%, arguing that rates have fallen well behind the cost of providing testing.
"Clinical lab rates have been held at 75 percent of Medicare or lower for far too long," said Vivek…
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