Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2026

This bill would add services performed by radiologist assistants to what Medicare covers, starting with services furnished on or after January 1, 2027. A radiologist assistant is defined as a radiographer certified by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, and the services must be done under a radiologist's supervision and be allowed by state law. Medicare payment for these services would go to the supervising radiologist rather than the assistant. In hospitals, critical access hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, and other settings the Secretary names, payment would be set under the same rule used for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists.

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Sponsors

• John Joyce Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors