tci Part B Insider - 2004 Issue 25

RADIOLOGY: Imaging Crackdown May Require New Legislation

CMS can intervene, but there's a limit to its powers It may require legislation to prevent nonradiologists from performing imaging tests such as MR or CT scans, one advocate admits. The American College of Radiology is working with other groups to convince the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to tighten up the Stark II self-referral regulations to hinder nonradiologists' billing for imaging, according to Tom Hoffman, the ACR's associate general counsel. But CMS doesn't have the statutory authority to do everything the ACR would like to accomplish, notes Hoffman. In fact, even the things that CMS has the...

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