Lawmakers Urge MedPAC To Rethink Imaging Cuts
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
MedPAC's recent votes favoring policy changes intended to further reduce imaging utilization and spending are misguided, two lawmakers argue in a recent letter to the commission.
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