2008 Clinical Lab Fee Schedule
January 1, 2008The Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 made several changes affecting payments to physicians. One such change provides for a 0.5 percent increase to the physician fee schedule conversion factor for January 1 through June 30, 2008, instead of the -10.1 percent that was scheduled to take place. As of July 1, 2008, the -10.1 percent update to the physician fee schedule will go into effect.