CMS Finalizes DRA Imaging Cuts; Stakeholders Hope For Legislative Fix
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Manufacturer and radiology groups are banking on legislation to reverse substantial cuts to physician imaging payments now that CMS has largely stuck with previously proposed payment drops in a fee schedule issued Nov. 1
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