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%

Medicare 105

Medicare Radiology Interventional Radiology Nuclear Medicine 105

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. A shortage of nuclear medicine technologists means a theranostics center may need to limit its patient volume.

Nuclear Medicine 105

Nuclear Medicine Radiation Oncology Radiopharmaceuticals Radiation 105

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. The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) was disappointed in the final MPFS rule. Radiological societies have mixed views on the U.S.

Radiation Oncology 80

Radiation Oncology Nuclear Medicine Medicare Radiation 80

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.

Medicare 105

Medicare Radiation Oncology Nuclear Medicine Radiation 105

AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Joint Commission on the dangers of medical radiation. Joint Commission has issued an alert on the dangers of medical radiation, sending an unmistakable signal that radiology has entered its sights in a formal way. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that begins in January 2012. Noting that the U.S.

Radiation 59

Radiation Medical Diagnostic Imaging Medicare 59

AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Scientific Paper of the Year Advanced Practice Provider Procedures Commonly Performed in Interventional Radiology: Medicare Volume Trends From 2010 to 2021. Effects of low-dose ionizing radiation on genomic instability in interventional radiology workers. Luthria, et al, Journal of Nuclear Medicine , October 26, 2023.

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine 144

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine X-ray MRI Hospital 144

AuntMinnie

JULY 25, 2024

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has developed a detailed summary of the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule released by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The summary outlines Medicare payment provisions and updates to the Quality Payment Program.

Radiation Oncology 52

Radiation Oncology Nuclear Medicine Medicare Interventional Radiology 52