AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Radiological societies have mixed views on the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) final rules. The ACR also supports the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act. “As in 2025.

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Radiation Oncology Nuclear Medicine Medicare Imaging 200

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Radiology administrators are confident that diagnostic and interventional radiology will continue to grow as a profit center through the remainder of this year and beyond, according to MarkeTech Group's Medical Imaging Confidence Index (MICI) report for the fourth quarter of 2023.

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Radiology Medicare Interventional Radiology Imaging 173

AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Radiology administrators have very high confidence that imaging will grow as a profit center, according to The MarkeTech Group's Medical Imaging Confidence Index (MICI) report for the fourth quarter of 2024. But as in Q3, they're not optimistic that their departments will receive adequate Medicare reimbursement for exams.

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Interventional Radiology Medicare Imaging Diagnostic 147

AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Part of the proposed CR calls for delaying Medicaid disproportionate hospital share pay cuts for 2025 until January 2027 and extending certain Medicare telehealth services through 2026. Among other components, the CR would temporarily increase the Medicare physician fee schedule (MPFS) by 2.5%

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Medicare Radiation Oncology Nuclear Medicine Health Science 100

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 9, 2025

Yet there are also forces that could lower the growth rate: more stringent regulations, insurance constraints, and hospital initiatives aimed at limiting poor resource utilization. Artificial Intelligence in Radiology: The State of the Art and Future Directions. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). Kulkarni S, et al.

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Radiologist X-ray Radiology Medicare 331

JVIR

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Within the past decade, Medicare reimbursements for interventional radiology (IR) procedures have been declining. In order to offset expenses, hospitals may increase charges. This study aimed to characterize the utilization and billing trends in IR.

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Interventional Radiology Medicare Radiology Hospital 40

The British Institute of Radiology

MAY 4, 2023

It includes a combination of private health insurance, employer-based insurance, individual out-of-pocket payments, and public programs like Medicare and Medicaid, which are funded through federal and state taxes. This facility incorporates one of the only combined interventional bronchoscopy and radiology facilities in the country.

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Imaging Government Insurance Radiologist 52

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This is slightly more of a cut than had been predicted in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule that was issued in July. As we reported in our analysis of the Proposed Rule , this reduction in payments continues a trend that has seen the Medicare fee schedule reduced by nearly 10% over the past 10 years. to $350.40

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Medicare Interventional Radiology Nuclear Medicine Radiology 263

AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 23, 2024

However, it does not include addressing the pay cut finalized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The CR also avoids a potential across-the-board Medicare payment reduction resulting from pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) budget requirements. This would have offset the 2.83% pay cut that the CMS finalized for the new year.

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Medical Medicare Radiation Oncology Nuclear Medicine 203