Radiologists Ask Super Committee To Reject Proposed Imaging Cuts

The American College of Radiology is asking the debt law’s super committee to reject a White House call for further cuts in imaging, arguing that taking such action could limit patient access to care and could end up raising costs. In an earlier letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, the ACR pointed out that cuts made in the health law and the deficit reduction act of 2005 have already made it difficult for many radiologists to remain in their practices.

ACR notes in a Sept. 22 statement that the president says his proposals to increase the assumed imaging utilization rate from 75 to 90 percent and require prior-authorization for advanced diagnostics would save $1.3 billion over 10 years, but the group adds that providers “have already endured more than $5 billion in reimbursement cuts over the last five years.”

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