Providers are predicting possible practice closures if the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services fails to address looming cuts in the 2022 physician fee schedule, Radiologfy Business reports.
With the calendar flipping in less than four months, CMS is set to increase wages for clinical labor staffers such as mammography technologists. But under balanced-budget requirements, rising spending in one place necessitates cuts elsewhere. Interventional radiologists and radiation oncologists—with high medical supply costs and lower spending on clinical labor positions—are slated to bear the brunt, and they’re not happy about it. Read more.
