AuntMinnie
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Higher Medicaid-to-Medicare reimbursement ratios (MMRR) are linked to increased likelihood of Medicaid patients receiving CT, MR, ultrasound, and x-ray imaging, researchers have reported. Medicare reimbursement levels are set by individual states, and they vary across the U.S., X-ray or fluoroscopy 0.82 Nuclear medicine 0.76
AuntMinnie
APRIL 2, 2025
million office-based imaging claims for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in 2022 that were ordered by nonradiologists. They found that rates of self-interpretation varied by imaging modality: Self-interpretation rate for office-based imaging by modality Modality Percentage X-ray and fluoroscopy 50.4%
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AuntMinnie
MARCH 29, 2024
Over the years medical imaging has been considered a major contributor to increased healthcare spending, and has been subject to a variety of cost-cutting measures that have been mostly aimed at reducing Medicare and Medicaid costs. Ultrasound 24% 28% X-ray/fluoroscopy 56.2% Nuclear medicine 2.7%
AuntMinnie
FEBRUARY 11, 2024
Vascular Ultrasound Guidance Beginning January 1, 2024, Medicare will no longer pay separately for CPT code 76937 “ Ultrasound guidance for vascular access requiring ultrasound evaluation of potential access sites …” associated with any procedure that “includes radiological supervision and interpretation.”
AuntMinnie
OCTOBER 31, 2023
She believes that when you begin interacting with patients during fluoroscopy or interventional procedures, it fosters the growth of empathy. Medicare has announced that it plans to outsource 100% of fee for service or traditional Medicare to risk-sharing arrangements by 2030. Maryland is a testing ground," he continued.
Imaging Technology
JULY 3, 2024
of all imaging studies for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in 2022, with the remaining 27.9% of radiology/fluoroscopy (XR), 50.9% of radiology/fluoroscopy (XR), 50.9% The research, published June 28 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, JACR, was based on 123 million Medicare Part B imaging claims in 2022.
Imaging Technology
JULY 12, 2023
The team was also thrilled to get a new fluoroscopy machine — the Persona RF Premium radiography fluoroscopy system — particularly because swallow studies have historically posed a problem. “The portable machine saves a lot of time for us and saves a lot of discomfort for the patient by not having to move them.”
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