NILA Applauds Introduction of the Saving Access to Lab Services Act

The National Independent Laboratory Association (NILA) applauds a bipartisan, bicameral group of legislators for working together to introduce the Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act (SALSA) to protect community and regional independent laboratories from drastic cuts to reimbursement in 2023 and future years. Introduced by Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Richard Burr (R-NC) and Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Scott Peters (D-CA), and Kurt Schrader (D-OR), SALSA will repair a flawed data reporting and rate setting methodology put in place by the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) of 2014.

SALSA will repair a flawed data reporting and rate setting methodology put in place by the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) of 2014.

Read the news release for more information.

Read the SALSA Draft Text here.