title: Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction: Health Policy Update.
abstract: Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction currently applies to multiple diagnostic imaging services administered to the same patient during the same day and entails a 50% decrease in the technical component and a 25% decrease in the professional component reimbursement. This might change with time due to further legislation, so it is important to be up-to-date on these health policy developments.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of Neuroradiology (B.R., W.P.D.) Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (B.R., W.P.D.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California bhavya.rehani@ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: B
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5785-0071
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rehani
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neuroradiology (J.A.H., R.G.G., M.H.L., P.W.S.) Radiology (J.A.H., R.G.G., M.H.L., P.W.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: J A
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9594-8798
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of Neuroradiology (B.R., W.P.D.) Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (B.R., W.P.D.), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: W P
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7222-4615
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Dillon
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neuroradiology (J.A.H., R.G.G., M.H.L., P.W.S.) Radiology (J.A.H., R.G.G., M.H.L., P.W.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: R G
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0234-3897
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: González
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neuroradiology (J.A.H., R.G.G., M.H.L., P.W.S.) Radiology (J.A.H., R.G.G., M.H.L., P.W.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: M H
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0236-7319
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Lev
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neuroradiology (J.A.H., R.G.G., M.H.L., P.W.S.) Radiology (J.A.H., R.G.G., M.H.L., P.W.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: P W
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4222-6134
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Schaefer
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000191:economics*; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States