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CMS wants payment cuts, extends self-referral ban
Opponents of the government's plans to reduce technical payments for cross-sectional imaging of contiguous body parts and to apply the self-referral laws to nuclear medicine have until the end of this month to voice their disapproval.
Opponents of the government's plans to reduce technical payments for cross-sectional imaging of contiguous body parts and to apply the self-referral laws to nuclear medicine have until the end of this month to voice their disapproval.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has identified 11 families of imaging procedures by imaging modality and by contiguous body area that will be affected by the change. When contiguous body parts are imaged in a single session, CMS proposes to pay 100% for the first procedure and 50% for all others.
Medicare proposes including diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine under the federal referral laws known as Stark II. This would prohibit nuclear medicine physicians from referring patients for imaging to facilities where the referring physicians have a financial interest.
The plan does not apply to the in-office exemption that allows cardiologists to provide nuclear cardiac imaging in their offices, according to CMS officials.
The Reading Room: Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Cancer Screenings, and COVID-19
November 3rd 2020In this podcast episode, Dr. Shalom Kalnicki, from Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discusses the disparities minority patients face with cancer screenings and what can be done to increase access during the pandemic.
Could Virtual Non-Contrast Images from Photon-Counting CT Reduce Radiation Dosing with CCTA?
March 28th 2024Emerging research on coronary artery calcium scoring for the assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD) suggests the use of virtual non-contrast images from photon-counting CT may lead to a nearly 20 percent reduction in radiation dosing.
FDA Clears CT-Based AI Tools for PE Detection and Stroke Severity Assessment
March 26th 2024The artificial intelligence (AI) modalities CINA-iPE and CINA-ASPECTS may facilitate improved detection of incidental pulmonary embolism and stroke evaluation, respectively, based on computed tomography (CT) scans.
