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Navigating 2025 Medicare Reimbursement Changes: What Healthcare Providers Need to Know About CCTA and Imaging Services

Vesta Teleradiology

The 2025 Medicare reimbursement updates bring significant changes for healthcare providers, particularly in coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) and other imaging services. in 2025 (Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, 2024). in 2024 to $357.13

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CMS' MPFS 2025 final rule includes colorectal cancer screening

AuntMinnie

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its final rule for the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS), which includes coverage of colorectal cancer screening with CT colonography (CTC) for the first time. We are … expanding coverage for CRC screening to include computed tomography colonography (CTC)."

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How to comply with CMS's CT radiation dose measure

AuntMinnie

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted with the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) to develop a quality measure focused on CT. Administered CT radiation doses are highly variable across patients, radiologists, and hospitals throughout the U.S. In 2019, the U.S. 2 Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD.

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Imaging societies' reactions mixed on finalized MPFS, HOPPS rules

AuntMinnie

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) final rules. ASTRO also supports short-term relief established through the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act, which would eliminate the looming 2.8%

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Alara offers free software for MPFS quality measure compliance

AuntMinnie

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule for 2024. Alara Imaging is offering free HIPAA and SOC-II certified software to help physicians and health systems comply with a new radiation dose quality measure included in the U.S. CMS published the rule on November 2.

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New CPT code issued for FFR-CT

AuntMinnie

In the hospital setting, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) increased payment for FFR-CT service by approximately 7% for 2024, HeartFlow noted. The new code can be used for hospital outpatient, physician offices, or imaging centers. HeartFlow’s FFR-CT Analysis technology was cleared by the U.S.

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SCCT: Regional, socioeconomic factors affect CAC scan use

AuntMinnie

The use of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scanning for heart disease diagnosis is influenced by regional and socioeconomic factors, according to research presented at the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting in Washington, DC. relative to [CAD] prevalence."