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

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.

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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

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

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.

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