Over the past week, there have been press releases and announcements about the proposed SALSA ACT, which would introduce several modifications to PAMA law for pricing lab tests at Medicare. See the ACLA two-pager about PAMA SALSA, here.
See SALSA as Senate Bill 4449, online at Congress.gov here:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4449/text
See my June 27 blog for additional links:
http://www.discoveriesinhealthpolicy.com/2022/06/very-brief-blog-congress-considers.html
For a non random glimpse into the world of payer charges, discounts, private plan rates, and CMS rates, I've posted charges on some recent lab work for myself here.