The new guidance is expected to increase the availability of breast imaging services during the pandemic, the administration said recently.

Specialists also believe that private insurers will follow Medicare's example and reduce their own reimbursement rates.

Cheryl Pegus, MD, is a veteran cardiologist with prior experience at such companies as Aetna, Pfizer and Cambia Health Solutions.

Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings revealed the news in an update shared Dec. 3. 

The feds originally planned to kick off the mandatory bundled-payment program Jan. 1 but will now postpone the go-live date to July. 

Some 501 accountable care organizations and other provider entities are urging Congressional leadership of both parties to modify the “unrealistic threshold tests” set out in the 2021 edition of the bipartisan Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015.

The Society for Pediatric Radiology is expressing significant concerns around a new payment policy, believing it could lead to patient harm and climbing costs.

Two members of the specialty believe the Los Angeles Lakers legend's mantra transcends sports, and could prove useful for physicians struggling through 2020's many challenges.