The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) presented its 2025 Legislative Champion Award to Representatives Neal Dunn, MD, and Ami Bera, MD.
Dunn (R-FL) helped push the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to update the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) in 2025 by unbundling radiopharmaceuticals. Previously, in 2021 and 2023, Dunn introduced the Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostic (FIND) Act, legislation that would establish separate payment requirements for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals.
Bera (D-CA) worked to include report language that promotes nuclear medicine research in the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). His leadership on the initiative has helped advance research aimed at improving the health outcomes of service members, and others, while also reducing the DOD's financial burden for cancer treatments, the SNMMI said.
The awards were presented during the SNMMI’s Hill Day on March 26.
