The American College of Radiology is urging its members not to ignore any recent communications from the American Medical Association.
That’s because the nation’s largest professional association and lobbying group for medical doctors is conducting a new practice survey that could have big implications for physician payment.
The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule—also used by other commercial payers—utilizes 2006 cost information to develop practice-expense relative values and resulting reimbursements. But this outdated information is leading to payment calculations that do not reflect today’s financial realities, ACR reported previously. AMA has contracted with consultancy Mathematica, which is shooting to reach 10,800 practices representing 90,000 healthcare providers for its survey, Radiology Business reports. Read more.
