ASTRO supports “Promoting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2013” to stop self-referral abuse, protect patients and save billions in Medicare dollars
Fairfax, Va., August 1, 2013 – ASTRO Chairman Michael L. Steinberg, MD, FASTRO, joined radiation oncologists nationwide hailing today’s introduction on Capitol Hill of federal legislation that would protect patients and reduce Medicare costs by closing the costly loophole in the physician self-referral law. Dr. Steinberg called on Congress to act upon the mounting independent evidence of self-referral abuse and pass the “Promoting Integrity in Medicare Act of 2013” (PIMA), introduced today by Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), as well as Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim