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The American College of Radiology is urging Medicare to create a new alternative payment pathway for high-value AI technologies.
ACR’s comments come in response to the 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule released in April. The college wants the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to consider revising the New Technology Add-on Payment (or NTAP) rules to establish this framework.
CEO William T. Thorwarth Jr., MD, noted that there may be some overlap with the existing pathway for “certain transformative new devices.” However, he believes criteria for an AI-dedicated alternative could focus on “clinical value and stakeholder engagement.”
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