Radiology Business December 11, 2023
The specialty that is getting cut the most in 2024 is interventional radiology, with a 4% pay reduction. Heller said this a paradox because IR is one of the areas of medicine that focuses on minimally invasive, cost effective treatments for patients.
“It has a 4% cut, and that is the most of any speciality in the whole House of Medicine. This is a speciality that offers minimally invasive procedures, that offers more cost-effective outcomes, and cutting that speciality seems like the wrong way to be focusing on value,” Heller said.
Another slap in the face to radiology, he described, is the conversion factor used by CMS to calculate payments, which is lower in 2024 than it was 30 years...
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