CMS Pauses AUC Program For Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, Rescinds Current Regulations – American College of Cardiology
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has paused the Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) prog ram for advanced diagnostic imaging and rescinded any current regulations, according to the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule. Originally created by the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, the program intended for clinicians to first consult AUC before ordering advanced diagnostic imaging including computed tomography (CT), PET, nuclear medicine and MRI. AUC were defined by