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.
AuntMinnie
JULY 10, 2024
However, its proposed rule for 2025 includes a refinement that will “improve the accuracy of the overall payment amounts by paying separately for any diagnostic radiopharmaceutical with a per day cost greater than $630 and removing their costs from the payment amounts for the nuclear medicine tests,” the CMS said.
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AuntMinnie
OCTOBER 10, 2024
initiative to secure domestic supplies of molybdenum-99, according to an official who spoke at a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) meeting October 9 in Arlington, VA. Mo-99’s daughter decay chain isotope is technetium-99m (Tc-99m), which is used in an estimated 40,000 diagnostic nuclear medicine exams each day.
AuntMinnie
JULY 10, 2024
However, its proposed rule for 2025 includes a refinement that will “improve the accuracy of the overall payment amounts by paying separately for any diagnostic radiopharmaceutical with a per day cost greater than $630 and removing their costs from the payment amounts for the nuclear medicine tests,” the CMS said.
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). Medicare reimbursement for 2024 will be paid under two fee schedules.
AuntMinnie
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Part of the proposed CR calls for delaying Medicaid disproportionate hospital share pay cuts for 2025 until January 2027 and extending certain Medicare telehealth services through 2026. Among other components, the CR would temporarily increase the Medicare physician fee schedule (MPFS) by 2.5%
AuntMinnie
APRIL 4, 2025
The investigation is expected to be completed by April 4, 2026. Kunshan Yiyuan Medical Technology said that this had depressed domestic prices and resulted in operating difficulties and losses for domestic producers, Xinhua reported.
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