tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 39

IMAGING: CMS' Imaging Measures May Lead to Tighter Radiology Rules

You can have your say during the comment period ending Dec. 14Your new CT equipment may be a time-saver and a diagnosis dream, but if Medicare has its way, you may be using it a lot less.In an effort to -curb waste,- the Centers for Medicare & Medicard Services (CMS) recently proposed a set of imaging efficiency measures that would help the Medicare program determine whether certain radiology procedures are necessary.According to MedPAC, -diagnostic imaging is the fastest growing segment of Medicare spending on physicians- services,- growing twice as fast as other physician services between...

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