MedPAC Study Finds Self-Referring Doctors Drive Up Imaging Use, Costs
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Medicare patients are more likely to receive imaging services when treated by doctors who refer most patients to their own practices for imaging scans than when treated by doctors who refer most patients to practices in which they do not have a financial stake, according to a study from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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