Considering that this was funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute[1], which was started as part of the Affordable Care Act, my guess is that

Considering that this was funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute[1], which was started as part of the Affordable Care Act, my guess is that this was indeed done to help reduce overall health care costs from unneeded procedures. [1] https://www.pcori.org https://www.pcori.org