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Radiologists are reading more cardiac CT exams, but not cardiac MRI

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Al-Ogaili's research used data from cardiac CT CPT codes culled from the Part B Physician and Other Supplier Public Use File (POSPUF) database between 2013 and 2020. The investigators found that 38, 806 cardiac CT exams were performed in 2013 and 112,909 in 2020, an increase of 191%. per 1,000 Medicare enrollees in 2013 to 3.2

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Use caution when billing for remote radiology reading

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Medicare regulations Medicare first issued its Place of Service (POS) reporting regulations with an effective date of April 1, 2013. An exception to this rule is for inpatients of a hospital or other facility that might be transported to an imaging center for an exam. The POS code is to be entered in Box 24 of claim forms.

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AuntMinnie 2014: Health information exchange lowers repeat emergency imaging

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"Our findings support the widely held notion that HIE can reduce redundant medical services and thereby produce cost savings," wrote lead author Eric Lammers, PhD, and colleagues in the journal Medical Care (December 26, 2013). Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). "As

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REBEL Cast Ep115 – Phenobarbital vs Lorazepam in Alcohol Withdrawal

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The study does not address crossover, i.e., did some patients fail benzodiazepine treatment while inpatient and then get started on phenobarbital? J Emerg Med 2013. Phenobarbital is also used in practice as a benzodiazepine-sparing adjunct in treating alcohol withdrawal. 20, Article 13. Rosenson J et al. PMID: 22999778. Am J Emerg Med.

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Return Encounters in Emergency Department Patients Treated with Phenobarbital Versus Benzodiazepines for Alcohol Withdrawal

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1, 2 Phenobarbital has been studied as an alternative or adjunct to benzodiazepines with encouraging results, but primarily among inpatient services. J Emerg Med 2013 , 44 (3), 592-598.e592. Am J Emerg Med 2013 , 31 (4), 734-742. 5 Paper: Lebin J et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.07.056 2012.07.056 From NLM. (5)

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Journal Scan – This Month in Other Journals, October 2022

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The institution’s prospective Gamma Knife (GK) SRS registry was queried to identify patients treated with GKRS for ≥ 25 cumulative BMs between June 2013 and April 2020. Ninety-five patients were identified, and their data were used for analysis. Exposures were ILI in the prior 30 days, and any type of vaccination during the year prior.

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