MO HB1529

Requires that any denial of diagnostic radiology testing authorization must be made by a Missouri-licensed physician subject to state board of healing arts regulation.

Mandates that denials of diagnostic radiology authorization include the full name, mailing address, telephone number, and employer of the physician making the denial decision.

States that once authorization for diagnostic radiology testing is granted, the provider's claim for payment cannot be denied and must be paid timely unless fraud occurred in obtaining authorization.

Defines "diagnostic radiology testing" to include X-ray, CT, MRI, PET scans, fluoroscopy, ultrasound, and nuclear imaging studies including cardiac nuclear imaging.

Exempts electronic clinical decision support tools that offer ordering guidance and document clinical appropriateness from the bill's requirements.