GAO: Self-Referrals For Advanced Imaging Cause Medicare Costs To Rise
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
A Government Accountability Office report recommends CMS take direct measures to reduce Medicare spending on self-referred imaging services, but the Medicare agency is not on board with most of GAO’s ideas.
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