Diagnostic Imaging

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Four Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) will provide coverage of AI-enabled coronary plaque analysis and quantitative coronary tomography assessment of coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) for Medicare beneficiaries starting in November 2024.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) applauded final local coverage determinations (LCDs) for AI-coronary plaque analysis (AI-CPA) released by four of the seven Medicare administrative contractors (MACs). The four contractors for the U.S.

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Computed Tomography Medicare Insurance Government 130

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 24, 2024

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. HeartFlow’s FFR-CT Analysis software creates a 3D model of a patient's arteries, with algorithms then simulating blood flow to help clinicians assess the effect of blocked arteries.

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Computed Tomography Medicare Hospital Radiology 147

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

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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Computed Tomography Radiation Medicare Inpatient 162

AuntMinnie

JULY 19, 2024

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."

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Computed Tomography Disease Medicare Hospital 162

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 31, 2025

Imalogix is highlighting a January 30 update regarding the patient safety Excessive Radiation (ExRad) Dose or Inadequate Image Quality for Diagnostic Computed Tomography in Adults electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM).

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Computed Tomography Medicare Radiation Patient Safety 100

JVIR

JANUARY 15, 2023

Therefore, the purpose of this analysis was to evaluate the financial impact of intravascular US–guided TVB in an outpatient Medicare population from a healthcare facility perspective, benchmarked against computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous needle biopsy (PNB).

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Medicare Computed Tomography Ultrasound Healthcare 52

Imaging Technology

JULY 3, 2024

of all imaging studies for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in 2022, with the remaining 27.9% of computed tomography (CT), 91.0% of computed tomography (CT), 91.0% Neiman Health Policy Institute ( HPI ) study found that radiologists interpreted 72.1% performed by other types of clinicians. of ultrasound.

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Image Interpretation Radiologist Imaging Ultrasound 111

Amber Diagnostics

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Reforming Access to Alzheimer’s Treatments: The Focus on Beta Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography (Positron Emission Tomography / Computed Tomography) PET/CT scanners What’s Changing?In Read more The post Positron Emission Tomography – The Focus on Beta Amyloid first appeared on Amber Diagnostics.

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Computed Tomography Medicare Diagnostic 52

Imaging Technology

AUGUST 9, 2024

Radiation doses from computed tomography (CT) scans on patients are highly variable across patients and hospitals throughout the United States and other nations.1 Radiation doses from computed tomography (CT) scans on patients are highly variable across patients and hospitals throughout the United States and other nations.1

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Picture Archiving and Communication System Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine Computed Tomography Quality and Compliance 52

JVIR

JULY 30, 2024

This graphic shows my postfellowship policy universe: (a) 2005, Deficit Reduction Act, the first unilateral payment reduction in imaging services, affecting advanced imaging services, including computed tomography (CT) angiography and magnetic resonance (MR) angiography; (b) 2010, the Affordable Care Act, the most significant policy change since the (..)

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Computed Tomography Medicare Interventional Radiology Radiology 40

Capitol Imaging Services

JULY 1, 2022

Capitol Imaging Services is one of a select number of diagnostic facilities equipped to perform Low-Dose CT (Computed Tomography) lung cancer screenings. CT lung cancer screenings are carried out using technology called Low-Dose Computed Tomography, or LDCT. Lung cancer is easier to treat if it is caught early.

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Computed Tomography Radiation Insurance Medicare 52

Imaging Technology

JULY 12, 2023

Only 21% of extremely disadvantaged zip codes had access to computed tomography (CT) facilities as compared to 32% of extremely advantaged zip codes. Some 2,796 US zip codes met the criteria for extremely disadvantaged. Of these, rural zip codes totaled 1,160.

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Hospital X-ray Imaging Quality and Compliance 97

Capitol Imaging Services

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A PET/CT is the combination of PET (Positron Emission Tomography) and CT ( Computed Tomography ) scans. Also, hospitals may be allowed to charge Medicare and most other commercial insurers a facility fee. In today’s post, we will be discussing the factors involved in answering the question, “how much does a PET/CT cost?”

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

"We are seeing a rising crisis in terms of the volatility of our radiologist workforce," noted Geoffrey Rubin, MD, chair and professor of medical imaging at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, at the 2024 meeting of the Society for Computed Tomography in Boston. anesthesiologists No. 1, orthodontists No.

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Private Practice Radiology Radiologist Medicare 286

Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The recommended annual screening test for lung cancer is a low-dose computed tomography scan (also called a low-dose CT scan, or LDCT). ACR has advocated for expanding existing overage criteria for lung cancer screening with USPSTF and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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