Radiology Business June 26, 2022
Advanced imaging is not infrequently singled out as a major and disproportionate driver of the ever-rising national health expenditure (NHE).
However, an analysis of CMS data has shown radiology had little to do with increases in Medicare costs over a 10-year period ending in 2019.
In fact, the specialty may have been disproportionately affected by cost containment policies during that period, not least by CMS’s push to achieve budget neutrality across medicine. Requirements around this goal seek to offset rising reimbursement for evaluation and management (E&M) codes by decreasing payments to providers who don’t regularly bill for E&M.
The findings and context are presented in a study published in the July-August edition of Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology [1].
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