Society News Now houses the most recent announcements of news from the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS), including important updates on state news, committees, and current events, as well as member highlights. Members are encouraged to offer suggestions for posts on topics.
ASCLS Celebrates a Labvocacy Win, A Gift of Free CE for You, Virtual Events in January, Apply for ASCLS Awards and Scholarships, and more. ASCLS Celebrates a Labvocacy Win PAMA Cuts Delayed to January 2023 On December 10, after a successful advocacy effort on the part of ASCLS and our colleagues at every other laboratory…
Labvocacy efforts to prevent PAMA cuts have generated a new bill in the House of Representatives Rules Committee. Among its provisions, the “Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act” would delay any cuts under PAMA for one year until January of 2023. This will give the laboratory community time to work on a…
Take Action to Delay Disastrous Medicare Cuts to Clinical Labs; Handmade for the Holidays Silent Auction Benefits ASCLS Education & Research Fund; Sign Up for CE Events; and more. Take Action to Delay Disastrous Medicare Cuts to Clinical Laboratories Congress Needs to Hear Your Story Take action now! Cuts to the Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee…
Congress needs to hear your story. Cuts to the Medicare Clinical Laboratory Fee schedule threaten to further erode the precarious finances of America’s clinical laboratories, severely limiting their ability to staff laboratories and pushing an exhausted workforce even further into burnout. These cuts will severely limit access to laboratory services that over 56 million seniors…
On October 25, nearly 120 medical laboratory professionals from six organizations joined together in Alexandria, Virginia, and virtually for the 2021 Laboratory Legislative Symposium. Members from ASCLS, the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), Association of Genetic Technologists (AGT), American Medical Technologists (AMT), National Society for Histotechnology (NSH), and the Philippine Association of Medical Technologists-USA…
October 20 ASCLS webinar on sharing science; ASCLS publishes new Choosing Wisely recommendations; 2021 Joint Annual Meeting sessions available on demand; October 4 registration deadline for the Laboratory Legislative Symposium; new Off the Bench podcast episodes; and more. ASCLS Free Monthly Webinar Sharing Science: Conference Poster Presentations October 20, 8 pm Eastern Speaker: Rachel Morris,…
Five new recommendations published by the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation’s Choosing Wisely initiative. The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS), in collaboration with the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), has published a second series of recommendations for the Choosing Wisely initiative, operated by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation.…
August 26 ASCLS webinar on preventing biocrime; historic 2021 Joint Annual Meeting; congratulations to newly-elected leaders; registration open for the Laboratory Legislative Symposium; new Off the Bench podcast episodes; and more. ASCLS Free Monthly Webinar Preventing Biocrime through Good Laboratory Biosecurity Practice August 26, 8 pm Eastern Speaker: Drew Fayram, MS, RBP(ABSA), State Hygienic Laboratory,…
Membership Renewal Season Begins, a New ASCLS.org, Nominations Open for Developing and Ascending Professionals Forums, Early Registration Ends May 14 for Joint Annual Meeting, and much more!
A message from ASCLS President Maddie Josephs and the ASCLS Board of Directors: