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. Sites can choose to send CT studies directly from CT machines, with a routing rule in PACS, or with a DICOM router. In 2019, the U.S.

Radiation 232

Radiation Computed Tomography DICOM Hospital 232

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.

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 ].

Ultrasound 52

Ultrasound DICOM Radiologist Clinic 52