Health Policy Affairs

Inside access: Steve Landers MBBS

Inside the 6-month results of a prospective case series investigating transarterial embolization for plantar heel pain.

SIR successfully appeals NCCI edits for lower extremity revascularization (LER)

SIR and partner societies successfully urged CMS to revise billing edits for new LER codes, allowing appropriate bilateral reporting and retroactive reimbursement updates. Read about the coding changes and their implementation timeline.

SIR MPFS CY 2027 Proposed Rule Summary and impact analysis

Review SIR’s analysis of the CY 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, which includes a projected positive payment impact for interventional radiology and updates to key Medicare payment policies.

SIR summary: Hospital Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule for 2027

On July 2, 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the proposed rule for the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) for calendar year (CY) 2027.

PAD Coalition cheers inclusion of screening language in appropriations bills

SIR joined the PAD Coalition in thanking the House Appropriations Committee for including report language on peripheral artery disease education, screening and amputation prevention in the FY 2027 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations report.

SIR supports bill to keep prior authorization out of Medicare Advantage

The Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act reached 290 House cosponsors, allowing a motion to place the bipartisan Medicare Advantage prior authorization reform bill on the House consensus calendar for a floor vote.