ACR, SIR, ASTRO and others are concerned about about forthcoming cuts in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule that will impact specialties with high equipment costs.  

The specialty saw an 83% uptick in billing between 2018 and 2022, publicly traded data and analytics firm Definitive Healthcare reported. 

SNMMI and ACR are pushing the agency to make modifications retroactive, so specialists can still claim lost revenues impacted by the error. 

The country's largest imaging group has $3.37B in obligations, including “significant debt maturities looming in July 2025.”  

Richard Heiden, MD, has a compromised immune system and had asked NYC Health and Hospitals to reassign him to teleradiology duties after the COVID-19 pandemic hit. 

The chasm between the two public payment programs has continued to grow since 2012, the Neiman Health Policy Institute reported recently. 

The issue surfaced after a Texas district court judge declared a key Affordable Care Act provision unconstitutional in March.

H.R. 3674 would provide a pay boost for procedures performed in office settings that require high-tech devices.