Medicare would pay for services from radiologist assistants, making imaging care more accessible for patients.
This bill would let Medicare cover services provided by radiologist assistants, starting January 1, 2027. This means patients could get more imaging support, and radiologists would receive payment for their assistants' work in hospitals and other facilities. Currently, Medicare does not specifically cover these services.
Today, Medicare does not specifically pay for services provided by radiologist assistants. If this bill becomes law, Medicare would cover these services, and payments would go to the supervising radiologist in hospitals, critical access hospitals, and ambulatory surgical centers, starting January 1, 2027.
S 4624 · 119th Congress · May 21, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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