tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 12

LEGISLATION: MedPAC Pictures Payment Increase For Imaging

Some claim radiology will be lone beneficiary of plan.The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is asking Congress and the Department of Health and Human Services to break new ground when it comes to wringing value from the growing number of dollars spent on imaging services, said MedPAC Executive Director Mark Miller. Under the recommendation, Congress would require HHS to set quality standards both for practitioners who interpret diagnostic imaging studies and for those who perform them. New Guidelines Not Just For Radiology  Many providers are complaining that new standards would lock up imaging services in one specialty: radiology. But...

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