AuntMinnie

JUNE 27, 2024

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted with the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) to develop a quality measure focused on CT. CMS required that this measure be designed as an electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM), the first radiology measure to be written in this format. In 2019, the U.S.

Radiation 233

Radiation Computed Tomography DICOM Hospital 233

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule for 2024. CMS has mandated that the measure be an electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM), reflecting the agency's focus on electronically-extracted measures that require little to no physician input.

Computed Tomography 162

Computed Tomography Radiation Medicare Inpatient 162

Imorgon Medical

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced 3% cuts to Radiology next year [ link ]. Surprisingly, a minority of Radiology departments have implemented simple automation efforts i.e.: ultrasound DICOM SR data transfer into Powerscribe or other Radiology Reporting software [ link ]. Grani et al.).

Ultrasound 52

Ultrasound DICOM Radiologist Clinic 52