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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., Ultrasound 0.85 Ultrasound 0.85

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HPI: Nonradiologists interpret more than a third of office-based imaging

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"Nonradiologist specialties, aside from cardiology, lack the rigorous and comprehensive training in imaging interpretation that occurs during the four years of a radiology residency program. million office-based imaging claims for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in 2022 that were ordered by nonradiologists.

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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% According to a written study summary released by HPI, market share varied by imaging modality; radiologists interpreted 97.3% of ultrasound. of ultrasound. for ultrasound. for ultrasound.

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AuntMinnie 2014: Health information exchange lowers repeat emergency imaging

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Adopting health information exchange (HIE) between unaffiliated healthcare providers leads to significant decreases in repeat imaging studies in emergency departments (EDs) and could potentially save millions of dollars, according to a large study from the University of Michigan. of ultrasound cases), and 29,073 repeat chest x-rays (19.5%

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