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ASCLS - Montana Home PageCompetitive Bidding Demonstration Project
The MMA (Medicare Modernization Act) of 2003 mandated that CMS proceed with a laboratory services competitive bidding Demonstration project. ASCLS and other laboratory groups adamantly opposed competitive bidding for clinical laboratory services. Since 2003, ASCLS and other laboratory related groups began advocacy campaigns to stop and ultimately repeal the competitive bidding demonstration project.
H.R. 6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 was passed July 2008 by Congress after overriding a presidential veto. HR 6331 contains a provision to repeal the competitive bidding demonstration.
Montana Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester voted for HR 6331 as did Montana ’s representative Denny Rehberg.
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