Medicare pays doctors for imaging help workers.
H.R. 9984 — Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2026 · Filed by John Joyce (R-PA) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 30, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill lets Medicare pay for imaging help work. Imaging help workers are certified and work under a doctor's watch. They cannot read images on their own. The money goes to the doctor, not the helper.
Who it affects
Medicare patients may get faster access to imaging. Doctors and imaging departments will get new Medicare payments. Imaging help workers will keep working under a doctor's watch but will not get direct Medicare payments.
One thing to notice
Payment goes to the doctor, not the helper. This gives doctors a reason to hire helpers, but does not promise that helpers' pay will get better.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Jul 30, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 30, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means and House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (4,673 characters) on Aug 5, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
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As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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