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Higher Medicaid-to-Medicare reimbursement ratios boost imaging use

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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., Nuclear medicine 0.76 Ultrasound 0.85

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Study finds decreases in imaging's share of all healthcare spending

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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. Nuclear medicine 40% Use rates by modality, 2010 to 2021 Modality 2010 2021 CT 10.2%

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Imaging Market Share Analysis Shows 28% of Image Interpretation Performed by Non-Radiologists

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of all imaging studies for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in 2022, with the remaining 27.9% of radiology/fluoroscopy (XR), 50.9% of nuclear medicine (NM), and 33.9% of radiology/fluoroscopy (XR), 50.9% of nuclear medicine (NM), and 33.9% performed by other types of clinicians. of ultrasound.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 semifinal candidates

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Scientific Paper of the Year Advanced Practice Provider Procedures Commonly Performed in Interventional Radiology: Medicare Volume Trends From 2010 to 2021. Luthria, et al, Journal of Nuclear Medicine , October 26, 2023. Radiologist Workforce Attrition from 2019 to 2024: A National Medicare Analysis.