Self-referral amendment doesn't make the cut in House reform bill

A version of the healthcare reform bill passed by a U.S. House of Representatives committee last week does not include a provision that would ban physician in-office self-referral. Imaging advocates say the committee's failure to incorporate the provision into the bill will make it harder to get an anti-self-referral rule passed along with the rest of the healthcare reform plan.

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