The federal agency typically grants this designation to allow Medicare beneficiaries broader access to new and innovative drugs. 

Briya said its platform cuts through common challenges in the process, allowing organizations to generate “lucrative revenue streams." 

The findings are derived from an analysis of fee-for-service Medicare data recorded across nearly 600 U.S. health systems. 

Welsh Carson created US Anesthesia Partners to consolidate the market in Texas and then attempted to do the same in imaging and EM, authorities allege. 

“These requirements add a significant amount of additional time, resource, and administrative costs," the 4 groups said. 

After a Texas judge recently vacated the 600% fee increase, the feds are now proposing to up the amount by 200% from the original proposal. 

The change would require providers to obtain a psychological assessment before performing an interventional procedure used to treat chronic lower back pain.

Backers include societies representing radiologists and nuclear medicine professionals, device manufacturers, patient advocacy groups, and pharmaceutical companies.