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ACR offers code change proposals at AMA CPT Editorial Panel meeting

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At the meeting, radiology CPT advisors also met with other specialty organizations to discuss potential code proposals, reviewed more than 60 proposals submitted to the AMA and commented on 22 proposals that included imaging that could potentially affect radiologists.

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Imaging societies' reactions mixed on finalized MPFS, HOPPS rules

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reduction in average Medicare payment rates compared with 2024, the CMS has estimated there will be a 0% change to reimbursement for radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology. Interventional radiology will have a 2% decrease in reimbursement, however, according to an analysis by the American College of Radiology (ACR).

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ACR responds to CMS proposed 2025 MPFS rule

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The organization noted that the CMS expects the overall impact of the proposed MPFS to be neutral on radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology. However, interventional radiology will have a decrease of 2%. In the rule, the CMS estimates a 2025 conversion factor of $32.36

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ACR advocates for CPT code changes

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The college requested the following code change applications: Lower extremity vascular procedures Thoracic branch endograft services Sympathetic denervation for renal arteries Radiation oncology treatment delivery Category III codes approved at the September meeting will be posted on the AMA website on January 1, 2025, and take effect July 1, 2025.

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ACR publishes summary of 2025 MPFS

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The overall impact of the MPFS proposed changes to radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology is expected to be a neutral 0%. However, interventional radiology would see an aggregate decrease of 2% if the provisions within the proposed rule are finalized.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 3 -- What is a theranostics center?

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Eliot Siegel, MD; Stanislav Spiridonov, MD; Nathan Gee, MD; and Anthony Chang, PhD, are among a niche gathering of early adopters, entrepreneurial physicians, medical physicists, and investors with a sweet spot for nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, and radiation oncology.

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Pediatric radiology continues to face workforce shortage

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The combined average income of decision-makers and rank and file respondents in pediatric radiology is $495,000 compared to $499,000 for all radiology specialties. Therefore, there is no significant difference in annual salaries for pediatric radiologists compared to adult noninterventional subspecialties, they wrote.

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