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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. International variation in radiation dose for computed tomography examinations: prospective cohort study. In 2019, the U.S. 2019 Jan 2:364:k4931. JAMA Intern Med.

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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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Imalogix highlights CMS' ExRad quality measure reporting

AuntMinnie

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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Bayer, Alara Imaging to Collaborate

Imaging Technology

Radiation doses from computed tomography (CT) scans on patients are highly variable across patients and hospitals throughout the United States and other nations.1 with these important patient safety measures," Nate Mazonson, CEO and co-founder, Alara Imaging, Inc. 1 Smith-Bindman R, Wang Y, Chu P, et al.