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The Town Hall Series is designed to keep laboratory professionals up to date on legislative issues that impact their laboratories. Congress can have a profound impact on the clinical laboratory industry through changes in Medicare Part B reimbursement, amendments to fraud and abuse legislation, or by seeking to promote the expansion of “pay for performance” concepts. Keeping abreast of those developments ensures that your facility can influence the votes of your members of Congress while also being ready to adapt in the event influential legislation is passed by Congress and signed into law. As the oversight agency for Medicare, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is tasked with implementing legislative changes while also updating coverage and reimbursement policies in light of the evolution of clinical laboratory medicine. These sessions are designed to encourage you to engage members of Congress during the development of legislation, as well as keep you informed.

Module 1: Update on Implementation of Competitive Bidding
Wednesday, February 7, 2007 | 3-4:30 p.m. ET

Module 2: Legislative and Regulatory Affairs:
What Lies Ahead for the 110th Congress
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 | 3-4:30 p.m. ET

Module 3: Legislative and Regulatory Hot Topics:
Co-pays, Competitive Bidding and Medicare Reimbursement
Cuts - Clinical Laboratories on the Firing Line
Thursday, September 6, 2007 | 3-4:30 p.m. ET
Participants will:

• Receive the most current information on the competitive bidding demonstration, the proposed time frame for implementation and legislative efforts to repeal the authority of CMS to implement the demonstration;
• Learn about potential changes in Medicare reimbursement for clinical laboratory services;
• Obtain an understanding of efforts by the Food and Drug Administration to regulate laboratory developed tests; and
• Gain insight on the most recent regulatory developments impacting the reimbursement of clinical laboratory services under the Medicare program. 

Module 4: Recap of the First Session of the 110th Congress
Wednesday, November 14, 2007 | 3-4:30 p.m. ET

Presenter: Jeffrey F. Boothe is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Holland & Knight LLP, where he specializes in health care. He has substantial experience in representing clients on matters involving Medicare reimbursement, federal health care fraud and abuse, medical device coverage and reimbursement and data privacy and data security. Mr. Boothe earned a B.A. from Stanford University in 1977 and is a 1987 graduate of George Mason University Law School. Mr. Boothe writes and lectures extensively on health care topics. He is on the Board of Advisors for Laboratory Compliance Insider and is a co-author of The CLMA Guide to Medicare Compliance for the Laboratory. Mr. Boothe is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the District of Columbia Bar Association. He serves as outside counsel to the CLMA Health Care Policy Committee, the CLMA Medicare Billing Issues Committee and the CLMA PAC Board.

Format: Four 90-minute web conferences

Pricing:
All 4 Modules:   Member $849   Nonmember $999
Single Module:  Member $249   Nonmember $399

*Pricing is per phone line with an unlimited number of participants and also includes a CD recording of the program. CDs are mailed approximately 10 days after each program.

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