Terri Oskin , MD, President

The Testy Climate in Neurology and Radiology (Feb, 2012)

Wow, can you believe it’s already February? I hope 2012 is getting off to a smooth start for everyone.
This year will continue to bring many challenges to the medical community regarding reimbursement and restrictions to our autonomy to practice medicine. In this month’s The Message, we are focusing on the technical, clinical and payment issues facing Radiology and Neurology where: 1) significant reductions in payment are expected for many procedures, 2) State and other payers are expected to refuse to approve or pay for new, experimental or emerging techniques in treatment of our patients and 3) Medicaid and others indicate they will rely on evidence-based, outcome-oriented and expert opinion tools before approving new technology use.

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