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ACR, members of Congress agree: ‘Great urgency’ needed to reform MACRA
Radiology Business June 30, 2023
The American College of Radiology and members of Congress are expressing “great urgency” around the need to reform how physicians are being rewarded for delivering value-based care.
Physician Reps. Larry Bucshon, MD, R-Ind., and Ami Bera, MD, D-Calif., are currently circulating a letter to colleagues asking for additional support. They’re concerned about the 2015 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, or MACRA, enacted to begin paying physicians for quality, value and results, rather than the volume of services delivered.
The ACR has joined the two lawmakers, urging radiologists to ask their local representatives to sign the letter, addressed to House leaders Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Hakeem Jefferies, D-N.Y.
“Unfortunately, logistical challenges have plagued MACRA almost since its inception,” Bucshon and...
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