tci Part B Insider - 2012 Issue 15

Imaging: CMS Won't Double-Zing Practices on Imaging Cuts

Groups won't be subject to the reduction, CMS clarifies.CMS no longer plans to apply the Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction (MPPR) professional fee cut to multiple providers within the same group practice.Background: As reported in the Insider vol. 12, no. 40, "CMS announced that in 2012, it will not only continue to slash the technical component of subsequent radiological procedures by 50 percent, but will also begin to cut the professional component by 25 percent." Initially, CMS had said the MPPR would apply to providers within the same group practice, as well. However, a newly-revised MLN Matters...

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