Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2026

This bill would add services performed by radiologist assistants to the list of services Medicare covers, starting January 1, 2027. A radiologist assistant is defined as a radiographer certified by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists as a registered radiologist assistant, working under a radiologist's supervision and within what state law allows. Medicare payment for these services would go to the supervising radiologist. In hospitals, critical access hospitals, and ambulatory surgical centers, payment would be set at the same fee schedule level used for nurse practitioners and similar providers. The bill states it does not change payment for imaging technical components, for services a radiologist performs personally, or for the facilities themselves.

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Sponsors

• John Boozman Republican sponsor
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