title: The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003: summary analysis and preliminary assessment of implications for radiology.
abstract: The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 contains dozens of provisions of interest to radiology. Beyond enacting a new drug benefit, the bill contains hundreds of amendments affecting all aspects of Medicare payment policy. This article identifies those provisions most likely to affect radiological practice, and provides a preliminary assessment of the implications of these policies for radiologists.
authors.affiliation: The Moran Company, Arlington, Virginia, USA. dwmoran@themorancompany.com <dwmoran@themorancompany.com>
authors.forename: Donald W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Moran
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D011871:Radiology / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D012922:Social Change; D014481:United States