Senators Ben Ray Luján and John Boozman introduced the Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act (MARCA) to allow Medicare reimbursement for radiologist assistant–performed imaging in hospitals and offices.
Introduce and support legislation to allow Medicare reimbursement for radiologist assistant-performed imaging in hospitals and offices.
Occurrences
Evidence
A May 21, 2026 post on Luján's Senate press page says Luján and Boozman introduced legislation to expand Medicare access to medical imaging and respond to the provider shortage.
The House report says barriers to care for radiologist assistants still exist in Medicare and urges CMS to consider how to improve efficiency, patient outcomes, and safety.
Luján's official press-release index identified a May 21, 2026 release renewing the radiology reimbursement push, described in the provided record as legislation to expand Medicare access for radiology-related imaging services.
Congress.gov lists S.2641 as the Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2021, introduced August 5, 2021, referred to Senate Finance, with status Introduced. The CRS summary says it provides Medicare coverage for services furnished by a certified radiologist assistant under radiologist supervision, with payment to the supervising radiologist.
Congress.gov identifies H.R.3657 as the House companion, Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2021.
The provided GovInfo record was identified as congressional reporting that the radiologist-assistant reimbursement issue remained unresolved in 2025, with no legislative fix enacted yet.
Assessments
Lujan made concrete same-term legislative efforts toward the promised radiologist-assistant Medicare reimbursement policy, including backing or introducing Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act vehicles and renewing the push in 2026. But the evidence shows the bills remained at introduction/referral and congressional reporting still described the reimbursement barrier as unresolved, with no enacted Medicare reimbursement change. Because there was a serious legislative attempt but the promised policy outcome was not delivered, this is not full or partial delivery.
Lujan did publicly introduce and support legislation in the current Congress to expand Medicare access for radiology-related imaging, which satisfies the advocacy and legislative-action part of the claim. But the underlying reimbursement change was still unresolved in the available evidence, so the promised policy outcome was not yet delivered.