Imaging Medicare Patient Safety 
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%
AuntMinnie
JULY 17, 2024
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in its suggested 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) has proposed new CPT codes that would address additional labor involved in imaging patients who have contraindications for MRI.
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Vesta Teleradiology
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved new MRI standards introduced by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC), focusing on remote scanning and portable imaging technologies. These updates, effective immediately, aim to enhance patient safety and adapt to advancements in MRI practices.
AuntMinnie
MARCH 25, 2025
Radiation dose and image quality performance measures for CT imaging accepted by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2023 are "ambiguous" and need to be reconsidered, according to theAmerican Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). Of note, Alara and Qaelum inked a technical partnership in 2024.
AuntMinnie
JUNE 5, 2024
In a blog posted on May 21, Gilk used California as a "test case" to paint a picture of the current state of MRI safety oversight, stressing that "it's very likely that whatever I write about California … is probably true about the other 49 U.S. Image courtesy of Tobias Gilk. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
AuntMinnie
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Perry Pickhardt, MD, UW-Madison While Pickhardt’s efforts revolve around what is commonly called “opportunistic screening,” he likens the goals to value-based medical imaging and repurposing scans for useful incidental data for cardiometabolic screening purposes. His work on abdominal imaging has led to over 500 scientific publications.
AuntMinnie
JUNE 27, 2024
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) contracted with the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) to develop a quality measure focused on CT. Recognizing that appropriate radiation doses vary widely based on patient size, body part, and indication for imaging, each scan is assigned to one of 18 CT categories.
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