Study: Medicare Part B Imaging Costs Dropped 21% From 2006 to 2010

Medicare Part B spending for noninvasive diagnostic imaging has decreased 21 percent from 2006 to 2010, dropping from approximately $11.91 billion to $9.46 billion, according to a study in Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Researchers accessed Medicare Part B databases for 2000 to 2010, and found spending on noninvasive diagnostic imaging more than doubled from 2000 to 2006 and then dropped significantly in 2007, following the Deficit Reduction Act. Spending then rose slightly in 2008 and decreased the following two years.

Radiologists' payments for noninvasive diagnostic imaging followed a similar pattern, increasing from approximately $2.94 billion in 2000 to $5.3 billion in 2006, then decreasing to $4.71 billion in 2010 — an 11 percent reduction from 2006 payments.

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