Cardiovascular Business July 18, 2024
The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) has shared new comments on some of the nuclear imaging-specific information contained in the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) proposed rules that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published last week.
Bundled payments for radiopharmaceuticals impact access to care
CMS is proposing to change the way it pays for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals. Currently, ASNC said the costs associated with diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals are packaged into payments for nuclear imaging tests. CMS now proposes reforming the current bundling policy to pay separately for any diagnostic radiopharmaceutical with a per-day cost greater than $630 and removing these diagnostic radiopharmaceutical costs from the payment amounts for...
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