The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003: summary analysis and preliminary assessment of implications for radiology.

The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 contains dozens of provisions of interest to radiology. Beyond enacting a new drug benefit, the bill contains hundreds of amendments affecting all aspects of Medicare payment policy. This article identifies those provisions most likely to affect radiological practice, and provides a preliminary assessment of the implications of these policies for radiologists.