DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2009 Issue 6 (June)

Specialty groups lead legislative charge to restore DEXA payment

Specialty groups affected by the recent and continuing cuts for dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) services are mounting an intense advocacy campaign to convince Congress to restore payment rates, Part B News has learned. There are already two bills in Congress that would return DEXA payment rates to their 2006 levels, when the primary DEXA code was paid approximately $140 on average, about 60% more than the $53 it will be in 2010, says Andrew Laster MD, president of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) and a practicing rheumatologist.

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