New 2009 Payment Levels for Placement of Interstitial Devices

摘要

In the past, interstitial devices implanted in solid tumors for image-guided radiation therapy were reimbursed in the hospital outpatient setting at a low level, such that in-terventional radiologists and surgeons performing these procedures were reluctant to provide the service at a loss to the hospital. In 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reviewed the 2007 hospital outpatient claims data for these services and, in consideration of the services clinical characteristics, decided to modify the reimbursement rates of these services.