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Shaping the future of radiology in 2025: Trends, threats, and opportunities

AuntMinnie

Radiology is undergoing significant changes in 2025, driven by healthcare advancements, regulatory challenges, and workforce dynamics. Key trends include hospital consolidation of radiology services, the need for stronger cybersecurity, and innovative strategies to address staffing shortages.

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Coding changes that will impact diagnostic and interventional radiology practices in 2025

AuntMinnie

Although relatively few of these changes will impact radiology practices, its essential to know what they are and adjust your practice systems accordingly. The new MRI Safety procedures are as follows: CPT Code Description RVU Value Medicare Fee 76014 MR safety implant and/or foreign body assessment, initial 15 minutes G - 0.33 $10.67

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HPI: MIPS performance measures biased for practice size

AuntMinnie

The success of radiologists participating in the Medicare Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) varies according to practice type and size, with individual radiologists being at a disadvantage, researchers have reported. Among the radiologists, 74.8% participated in group reporting, 4.3% as an individual, and 20.9%

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Senators release new details on how Congress could reform radiologist Medicare payment system

Radiology Business

Reforms could include creating more sustainable payment updates to ensure radiologists can continue owning and operating practices and rethinking how Medicare measures quality.

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Lawmakers introduce radiologist-endorsed, bipartisan bill to halt Medicare cuts

Radiology Business

and colleagues are proposing the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act, which would halt a 2.8% Greg Murphy, MD, R-N.C., reduction to the conversion factor.

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Senators press congressional leaders to address radiologist Medicare pay cut

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“After three consecutive years of Medicare payment reductions, healthcare providers are at a breaking point," 32 bipartisan members of the Senate wrote recently.

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Medicare proposed rule again cuts radiology reimbursement in 2025

AuntMinnie

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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