SNMMI Comments On Medicare Reimbursement

The SNMMI recently provided comment on the proposed 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). In their comments, they noted that reimbursement to Nuclear Medicine will be reduced by 8% without Congress addressing the Budget Neutrality Factor. In its comments, the Society went on to say these reductions, if implemented when more than 90% of those surveyed say they’ve seen a decrease in nuclear medicine imaging during the Covid-19 pandemic, will cause a direct negative result in the delivery of services for Medicare beneficiaries as practitioners and facilities move toward consolidation of services as a way of coping with the financial burden of the Pandemic and decreases in Medicare reimbursement. Read more.