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Imaging recommendations could cause reinbursement problems

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Rebecca C. Jernigan, [email protected]

President Obama and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) have made their recommendation about Medicare’s formula for calculating the reimbursement rate for medical imaging procedures. Their attempt at cost cutting, however, may have more of an impact than intended. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services currently assumes that imaging equipment is in use, on average, 50 percent of the time that a medical facility is open. This supposition is used to calculate the amount of money that a facility should be reimbursed for each procedure. The president suggests a 95 percent...Read full article

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    Published: September 2009
    Access to Medical Imaging CoalitionAMICBiophotonicsCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Servicescomputed tomographyDeficit Reduction Act of 2005ImagingindustrialJerniganmagnetic resonancemedical imagingMedicareMedicare Payment Advisory CommissionMedPACNews & FeaturesPresident ObamaRadiology Business Management AssociationRebecca C. Jerniganreimbursement rateTim TryslaUS Department of Health and Human Services

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