AuntMinnie

JULY 26, 2024

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its proposal for payments in 2025 under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), and it contains an across-the-board 2.8% This reduction in payments continues a trend that has seen the Medicare fee schedule reduced by nearly 10% over the past 10 years. Radiology -3.8% -1.8% -2.8%

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on October 13 that it has lifted its coverage limit of one beta-amyloid PET scan per lifetime for patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Medicare coverage decisions for amyloid PET scans will now be made by local Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs).

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) final rules. ASTRO also supports short-term relief established through the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act, which would eliminate the looming 2.8%

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 29, 2024

Although medical imaging has frequently been considered a major culprit behind the growth of healthcare spending in the U.S., In fact, imaging's part fell from 10.5% the sum of payments from health plans and patients to health care providers for imaging and related services) on imaging increased 35.9% billion to $66.2

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AuntMinnie

JULY 12, 2024

As nuclear medicine therapies gain stature compared to nuclear medicine in diagnostic imaging, hospital administrators may be eyeing the potential of adding theranostics services. Image courtesy of Washington University. "We Nuclear Regulatory Commission and is an integral part of a theranostics practice.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 10, 2024

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new reimbursement plan July 10 for diagnostic PET scans that would provide separate payments for radiopharmaceuticals, as well as an extra payment for hospitals when they use domestically produced technetium-99m (Tc-99m).

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Medicare Nuclear Medicine Radiopharmaceuticals Imaging 130

AuntMinnie

MARCH 7, 2025

Radiology practices often participate in the Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP) through the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has made a change to remove that cap, which means that such measures will receive the full 10 points. The completeness criteria remain at 75%.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 10, 2024

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) 2025 rule. The organization noted that the CMS expects the overall impact of the proposed MPFS to be neutral on radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology. The American College of Radiology has weighed in on the U.S.

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Diagnostic Imaging

JUNE 28, 2024

While radiologists interpreted approximately 99 percent of all non-cardiac CT, MRI and nuclear medicine studies in hospital and emergency department settings for Medicare beneficiaries, new research shows significantly less radiologist review of cardiac imaging and office-based imaging.

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Diagnostic Imaging

APRIL 3, 2025

In a review of over 1,630,000 office-based non-breast imaging Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) claims from 2022, researchers found that 39.5 percent of nuclear medicine imaging were interpreted by ordering clinicians.

Medicare 85

Medicare Nuclear Medicine Imaging Radiologist 85

AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Two stories about brain imaging: One regarding the effects of cannabis use and the other suggesting possible mechanisms behind long COVID. After brain imaging, medicolegal issues and money ranked highest. Nuclear medicine/PET specialists were paid the least by comparison. A regional analysis of salaries showed U.S.

Imaging 262

Imaging Medicare Nuclear Medicine Radiology 262

AuntMinnie

MARCH 29, 2024

With the passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (CAA 24) , we finally learned the rates physicians will be paid for Medicare services during the remainder of 2024. This makes the Medicare payment rate 1.77% lower than it was in 2023, rather than the 3.37% cut that was contained in the 2024 MPFS Final Rule.

Medicare 279

Medicare Radiology Mammogram X-ray 279

AuntMinnie

MARCH 26, 2025

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) presented its 2025 Legislative Champion Award to Representatives Neal Dunn, MD, and Ami Bera, MD. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to update the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) in 2025 by unbundling radiopharmaceuticals.

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Nuclear Medicine Radiopharmaceuticals Medicare Diagnostic 130

AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Nuclear cardiologists could see significant reductions in Medicare reimbursements in 2025, according to a leading expert. Despite a proposal by the U.S.

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Radiopharmaceuticals Nuclear Medicine Medicare Diagnostic 162

Imaging Technology

JANUARY 30, 2025

30, 2025 Earlier this month, the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the Alzheimers Association released updated appropriate use criteria (AUC) for amyloid and tau PET imaging in patients with mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimers disease and other dementias. Since then, the U.S.

Nuclear Medicine 52

Nuclear Medicine Imaging Patient Care Disease 52

AuntMinnie

JULY 18, 2024

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is opposing conversion factor cuts to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed rule for 2025. rise in the Medicare Economic Index for 2025. from $33.2875 to $32.3562.

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Nuclear Medicine Medicare Radiation Oncology Insurance 100

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 9, 2025

The Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has issued a statement opposing conversion factor cuts to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule for 2025. increase in the Medicare Economic Index for 2025. from $33.28

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Nuclear Medicine Medicare IT Medical 100

AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has published its comments on the proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Quality Payment Program (QPP) proposed rule. The association made recommendations regarding the Medicare conversation factor and the extension of telehealth service provisions. “We

Radiation Oncology 113

Radiation Oncology Nuclear Medicine Medicare Radiation 113

Imaging Technology

JULY 3, 2024

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 nuclear medicine (NM), and 33.9% of nuclear medicine (NM), and 33.9%

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

House and Senate to pass the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act, proposed bipartisan legislation recently reintroduced by Rep. Absent any reversal, physicians will experience a 2.83% fee schedule reduction under the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS), effective January 1. Greg Murphy, MD (R-NC).

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Radiation Oncology Nuclear Medicine Medicare Radiology 100

Imaging Technology

JUNE 21, 2023

POSLUMA (formerly referred to as to as 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 ) is an optimized, high-affinity radiohybrid (rh) Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA)-targeted PET imaging agent. Blue Earth Diagnostics is at Booth 6025 and PETNET Solutions is at Booth 6075.

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Capitol Imaging Services

JULY 1, 2022

Capitol Imaging Services is one of a select number of diagnostic facilities equipped to perform Low-Dose CT (Computed Tomography) lung cancer screenings. In today’s blog post, we’ll talk about the benefits of routine screenings for lung cancer and how Capitol Imaging Services stays ahead with lung cancer detection technology.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The following is the list of candidates for the 2024 edition of the Minnies, AuntMinnie.com 's campaign to recognize the best and brightest in medical imaging. Image from Martin W. Image from Denis Le Bihan, PhD, of the NeuroSpin research facility, et al. Image from Richard Carson, PhD, of Yale University, et al.

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Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine X-ray MRI Hospital 360

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 19, 2024

The promise of imaging One challenge is that advances in Alzheimer’s care can only help people if they are reaching the right patients at the right time in their patient journey. Reimbursement barriers Unfortunately, until recently, there were significant barriers to receiving amyloid PET imaging in some regions.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The announcement is a sign that imaging facilities will need to pay more attention to formalizing their procedures for protecting patients from unnecessary radiation dose. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that begins in January 2012. Noting that the U.S.

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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.

Medicare 263

Medicare Interventional Radiology Nuclear Medicine Radiology 263

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 8, 2025

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the Alzheimers Association have released new appropriate use criteria for brain PET imaging of amyloid and tau pathology related to cognitive impairment and Alzheimers disease. Since then, the U.S.

Nuclear Medicine 290

Nuclear Medicine Imaging Radiopharmaceuticals Medicare 290

AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Instead, the AuntMinniecommunity gravitated more toward articles describing how advanced image analysis -- including AI-based assessment of body composition on CT scans -- can track treatment results and predict patient outcomes. Those who specialized -- particularly in CT, MRI, neuroimaging, and nuclear medicine/PET -- earned more.

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 14, 2025

8, 2025 The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the Alzheimers Association have released updated appropriate use criteria (AUC) for amyloid and tau PET imaging in patients with mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimers disease and other dementias. tim.hodson Tue, 01/14/2025 - 16:48 Jan.8,

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