This article from Community Modern Medicine informs us about the proposed changes of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Physician Fee Schedule.  One of the changes will increase payments to geriatric specialists by 6 to 8 percent.

For primary care practices that own, or have interest in, an imaging center with CT or MRI equipment, there is some mixed news. CMS is proposing to reduce payment for services that require the use of expensive such devices. However, the proceeds of those cuts will be redistributed “to increase payments for other services, including primary care services.” CMS also proposed requiring accreditation of mobile imaging units, physician offices that offer the services, and independent diagnostic testing facilities. The accreditation requirement, however, would not apply to the physicians who interpret the results.

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