Physicians face pay cut for MRIs, CT scans

January 13, 2010

Federal health regulators have announced new rules that will result in reduced payments for doctors who use expensive medical-imaging machines to screen patients for diseases such as cancer and heart problems.

The rules will cut the reimbursements physicians receive for performing MRIs and CT scans by up to 38 percent, The Wall Street Journal reports.

The rule applies to the roughly one million doctors who are paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, which is run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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One Response to “Physicians face pay cut for MRIs, CT scans”

  1. Vladik on March 30th, 2010 7:58 am

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    Спасибо за информацию !…

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