02/15/2017
https://www.congress.gov...
"Good intentions often get muddled with very complex execution."
"By doing so, Congress would stop the increasing rate of unnecessary utilization due to IOAS."
"In order to promote and support the goals of health care reform, I recommend limiting certain service lines from the IOAS exception's protection that have a history of abuse."
"This demonstration project has to sync up with the effort Medicare is making to move toward paying for treatment based on its value, rather than its volume."