DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2010 Issue 5 (May)

50% pay cut will hit when billing multiple CTs, MRIs, ultrasounds

You'll soon see twice the pay hit you're used to when you bill multiple diagnostic imaging services on contiguous body parts, thanks to a provision in the health reform law that CMS is moving quickly to implement. Radiologists are set to suffer the most, though orthopedic practices and cardiologists also bill multiple scans of related body parts with some frequency, experts say.

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