Insurers Hire Radiology Benefits Managers To Ensure Physicians Use High-Cost Scanning Technology Appropriately
Nov 11th 2008Drug InformationHealth Insurance / Medical Insurance
Health insurers increasingly are hiring radiology benefits managers to hold down costs and ensure physicians use high-tech imaging tests only when there is a clear benefit for the patient, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to the Journal, the costs of such scans — including MRIs and PET and CT scans — “have helped drive up health care costs in recent years.
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