Recommendations for medical imaging are noticeably absent in the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) June report to Congress — a welcome break from the usual scrutiny that radiology receives from policymakers.
Recommendations for medical imaging are noticeably absent in the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) June report to Congress — a welcome break from the usual scrutiny that radiology receives from policymakers.
Instead, the report focuses on ways to coordinate policy across three Medicare payment systems: traditional fee-for-service models, Medicare Advantage health plans, and accountable care organizations (ACOs), which are a variation of fee for service.
Last June, MedPAC suggested that no one model is the least costly in all markets, and to maximize the value of the Medicare program for its beneficiaries and for taxpayers, Medicare needs to set payment rules that reward the most efficient model of care in particular markets.
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