AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix said on January 30 that the funds are intended to increase domestic supplies of radioisotopes for nuclear medicine imaging exams, with the new facility expected to expand British Columbia's capacity from 16,000 PET/CT scans per year to 41,000 per year, CTV News Vancouver reported.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 10, 2024

Currently, the CMS bundles Medicare payments for PET radiotracers for diagnosing disease as part of the packaged cost of imaging procedures in hospital outpatient settings. The new plan would likely increase patient access to these important imaging studies.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 10, 2024

Currently, the CMS bundles Medicare payments for PET radiotracers for diagnosing disease as part of the packaged cost of imaging procedures in hospital outpatient settings. The new plan would likely increase patient access to these important imaging studies.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 29, 2024

Incentive payments for practices participating in the Quality Payment Program’s Alternative Payment Models were increased from 0.75% to 2.63% for performance year 2024 (payment year 2026). For example, an imaging center with all the listed modalities except for PET would see a decrease of 2.6% rather than 2.5%

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