Zachary G LeBaron, Evan H Richman, Parker J Brown, Ian D Minzer, Joseph C Brinkman, Nathaniel Hinckley, Michael G Fox, Karan Patel
BACKGROUND: Medicare reimbursement is rapidly declining in many specialties. An in-depth analysis of Medicare reimbursement for routinely performed diagnostic imaging procedures in the United States is warranted. PURPOSE/HYPOTHESIS: The purpose of this study was to evaluate Medicare reimbursement trends for the 20 most common lower extremity imaging procedures performed between 2005 and 2020, including radiographs, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...
March 2023: Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine