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What's brewing in RT and RA legislation, policy, and standards?

AuntMinnie

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recognized registered RAs (and radiology practitioner assistants) differently in 2019 with changes to supervision requirements under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). Creating pressure, the U.S. For CT and MRI procedures where injected contrast media is ordered, ".

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Prehospital Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

REBEL EM

Clinical Bottom Line: Prehospital TCA has a high mortality and low favorable neurologic outcomes. Outcomes with advanced versus basic life support in blunt trauma. 2019 Dec 4;367:l6373. Is advanced life support better than basic life support in prehospital care? Resuscitation.