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While we aim to be responsive to those facing limited measure choice, we do not believe that measures with topped out performance have the same value in the program as measures that are not topped out, and they should be scored accordingly in instances where doing so does not unfairly limit a clinician's scoring opportunity
We recognize that private payor rates for CDLTs paid on the CLFS and the volumes paid at each rate for each test, which are used to determine the weighted medians of private payor rates for the CLFS payment rates, have changed since the first data collection period (January 1, 2016, through June 30, 2016) and data reporting period (January 1, 2017, through March 31, 2017)
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