The sharp reductions in medicare payments for noninvasive diagnostic imaging in recent years: Will they satisfy the federal policymakers?

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 643-647

  Levin, David C ^a,b   Rao, Vijay M ^a   Parker, Laurence ^a   Frangos, Andrea J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HealthHelp Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Deficit Reduction Act; imaging reimbursement; Medical economics; noninvasive diagnostic imaging; radiology and radiologists; socioeconomic issues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; RADIOLOGIST; REIMBURSEMENT; SURGEON; UROLOGIST;

EID: 84926231927     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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