Support Grows for Prior Authorization Reform in Congress

MIPS Preview Period Ends June 11th

May 29, 2026 CMS Quality Payment Program login [https://qpp.cms.gov/login] Doctors and Clinicians Performance Information: Guide to the Preview Period (CMS) [https://edit.cms.gov/files/document/cy-2024-doctors-clinicians-performance-information-guide-preview-period-1-04mb.pdf] Intravenous immunoglobulin administration may obscure the detection of small monoclonal proteins in patients with multiple myeloma  [https://academic.oup.com/ajcp/article-abstract/165/5/aqag050/8690958?redirectedFrom=fulltext] Meet the Microbiologist and Science Advocate Who’s Headed to Congress (Science) [https://www.science.org/content/article/meet-microbiologist-and-science-advocate-who-s-headed-congress] Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy [https://ausha.co/privacy-policy] for more information.

CAP Updates Guidance on Reducing Diagnostic Errors

May 28, 2026 Current CAP Guidelines [https://www.cap.org/protocols-and-guidelines/current-cap-guidelines] Asynchronous Evolution of Epithelium and Stroma Differentiates Precursor Lesions from Pancreatic Cancer [https://aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscovery/article/doi/10.1158/2159-8290.CD-25-2001/785296/Asynchronous-evolution-of-epithelium-and-stroma] CAP Test Ordering Program [https://www.cap.org/laboratory-improvement/test-ordering-program] Leading Pathology’s Digital Evolution [https://www.thepathologist.com/issues/2026/articles/may/leading-pathologys-digital-evolution/] Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy [https://ausha.co/privacy-policy] for more information.

CAP Council on Scientific Affairs chair looks ahead

May 27, 2026 CAP Review and Forecast: Scientific Affairs 2025/2026 [https://www.cap.org/member-resources/podcasts/cap-review-and-forecast-scientific-affairs-2025-2026] Cell: Genome Instability Triggers Intercellular DNA Transfer Between Human Cells [https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(26)00508-8?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867426005088%3Fshowall%3Dtrue] CPIP: Hematology – Out of Shape: Red Cell Membrane Defects and Impact on Morphology [https://education.cap.org/content/2026-cpip-e-case-5-hematology-%E2%80%93-out-shape-red-cell-membrane-defects-and-impact-morphology#group-tabs-node-course-default1] Agile Budgeting in Uncertain Times [https://www.labmanager.com/agile-budgeting-in-uncertain-times-35392] Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy [https://ausha.co/privacy-policy] for more information.

The CAP Makes the Case for Medicare Payment Reform

May 26, 2026 A pro-carcinogenic bacterial toxin binds claudin-4 to cleave E-cadherin [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10375-0] Ebola Q&A (CAP) [https://newsroom.cap.org/latest-news/ebola-media-q-a/S/e0b19841-8ef6-46ec-9068-e2d5fa1cd498?_gl=1*pnr993*_ga*OTA1NTk4NjE3LjE3NzQ4OTU5OTM.*_ga_97ZFJSQQ0X*czE3Nzk0NjE1NDAkbzU2JGcxJHQxNzc5NDYxNTg0JGoxNiRsMCRoMA..]   Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy [https://ausha.co/privacy-policy] for more information.

Pathologist’s Famous Poem Still Echoes on Memorial Day

May 25, 2026 Opinion | For Some Patients, Cancer Is Becoming Like a Chronic Illness - The New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/opinion/terminal-cancer-chronic-illness-health.html] Reproducible Data Analysis With R in Laboratory Hematology - Obstfeld - International Journal of Laboratory Hematology - Wiley Online Library [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijlh.70147?utm_source=chatgpt.com] Distinguished Medical Student Award | College of American Pathologists [https://www.cap.org/member-resources/awards/distinguished-medical-student-award] In Flanders Fields | The Poetry Foundation [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47380/in-flanders-fields] Leonard Cohen recites “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae | Legion Magazine [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKoJvHcMLfc] Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy [https://ausha.co/privacy-policy] for more information.