AuntMinnie

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) federal fiscal year (FY) 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule includes several radiology-relevant topics, according to a detailed summary from the American College of Radiology (ACR). The CMS finalized a 2.9% The CMS finalized a 2.9%

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Inpatient Radiology Medicare Hospital 52

Premier Radiology Services

AUGUST 10, 2021

What Determines the Cost of Radiology Services in Healthcare? How To Add Stability and Lower Costs for Imaging Services One of the biggest line item expenses for imaging facilities is radiology reading services. In containing radiology out-of-pocket costs, complexity poses the most difficult challenge.

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X-ray Radiology Insurance Inpatient 52

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule for 2024. Alara Imaging is offering free HIPAA and SOC-II certified software to help physicians and health systems comply with a new radiation dose quality measure included in the U.S. CMS published the rule on November 2.

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Computed Tomography Radiation Medicare Inpatient 64

AuntMinnie

AUGUST 23, 2024

The fiscal year (FY) 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule includes a new technology add-on payment (NTAP) of $241.39 for Annalise.ai's Enterprise CTB Triage - OH, the American College of Radiology (ACR) noted in a final rule summary. The FY 2025 IPPS final rule will be published August 28.

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Inpatient Medical Device Medicare Hospital 52

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. CMS required that this measure be designed as an electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM), the first radiology measure to be written in this format. In 2019, the U.S.

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Radiation Computed Tomography DICOM Hospital 93

Capitol Imaging Services

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Having the procedure done in a hospital as an inpatient costs far more than having the same procedure done in an outpatient center such as CIS. Since inpatient facilities tend to cost more to run, patients end up paying more for care. Also, hospitals may be allowed to charge Medicare and most other commercial insurers a facility fee.

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