November 30, 2021
| The Honorable Nancy Pelosi | The Honorable Charles Schumer |
| Speaker | Majority Leader |
| U.S. House of Representatives | U.S. Senate |
| Washington, DC 20515 | Washington, DC 20510 |
| The Honorable Kevin McCarthy | The Honorable Mitch McConnell |
| Minority Leader | Minority Leader |
| U.S. House of Representatives | U.S. Senate |
| Washington, DC 20515 | Washington, DC 20510 |
Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Minority Leaders McCarthy and McConnell:
As organizations representing patients, health care professionals, laboratories, hospitals and health systems, and diagnostic manufacturers, we urge Congress to take immediate action to delay the harmful cuts to the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) and pause the next round of private payer data reporting that both take effect on January 1, 2022. While we are grateful that Congress delayed the implementation of CLFS cuts in 2021 as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, we urge you to extend this delay—for both the 2022 cuts and the next private payer data reporting period—as the Public Health Emergency has not ended, and laboratories must continue to respond.
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