tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 4

Reimbursement: Imagine New Red Tape Around Imaging Services

New standards, self-referral rules could stymie non-radiologists You've got a powerful friend in Washington. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission will recommend a small increase in payments for physicians in 2006, instead of the estimated 5 percent cut that awaits doctors if Congress takes no action. Congress should raise physicians' payments by 2.7 percent in 2006, or the rise in "input prices" minus 0.8 percent, commissioners decided at their Jan. 12-13 meeting. The commission also discussed options for reforming the broken system for updating physician spending each year. Some commissioners were strongly in favor of removing drugs from...

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