AuntMinnie

JULY 17, 2024

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in its suggested 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) has proposed new CPT codes that would address additional labor involved in imaging patients who have contraindications for MRI. CPT code 7XX01. (MR CPT code 7XX03. (MR

Patient Safety 189

Patient Safety MRI Medicare Medical Device 189

AuntMinnie

MARCH 25, 2025

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2023 are "ambiguous" and need to be reconsidered, according to theAmerican Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). Radiation dose and image quality performance measures for CT imaging accepted by the U.S.

Radiation 147

Radiation Patient Safety Medicare Imaging 147

AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The technology figured prominently in five Minnies categories, including Hottest Clinical Procedure. Pickhardt believes using additional clinical data on CT imaging could save healthcare costs, especially when AI tools are used in parallel, suggesting it is a cost-effective or even cost-saving strategy for personalized or precision medicine.

Radiology 331

Radiology Education Medicare Clinic 331

Vesta Teleradiology

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved new MRI standards introduced by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC), focusing on remote scanning and portable imaging technologies. These updates, effective immediately, aim to enhance patient safety and adapt to advancements in MRI practices.

MRI 59

MRI Patient Safety Imaging Medical Imaging 59

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

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has created new radiology patient safety electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs); these use Alara software to access data from radiology electronic health measures (EHRs). Bayer and Alara Imaging plan to collaborate on CT radiation dose software.

Medicare 100

Medicare Patient Safety Radiation Clinic 100

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