The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) is urging members to comment on 2024 proposed reimbursements for coronary CT angiography.
"Proposed 2024 outpatient payments reduce CCTA again -- for a total drop of 33% since 2017," the SCCT noted.
The SCCT said it "strongly" urges all U.S. members to submit comments to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by 11:59 p.m. ET on September 11 to illustrate the dramatic and detrimental effect that the failure to appropriately reimburse CCTA may have on patient care.
To that end, the organization has included a link on its website on tips for submitting effective comments, as well as a letter template.
![Images show the pectoralis muscles of a healthy male individual who never smoked (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; body mass index [BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared], 28.4; number of cigarette pack-years, 0; forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1], 97.6% predicted; FEV1: forced vital capacity [FVC] ratio, 0.71; pectoralis muscle area [PMA], 59.4 cm2; pectoralis muscle volume [PMV], 764 cm3) and a male individual with a smoking history and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; BMI, 27.5; number of cigarette pack-years, 43.2, FEV1, 48% predicted; FEV1:FVC, 0.56; PMA, 35 cm2; PMV, 480.8 cm3) from the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (i.e., CanCOLD) study. The CT image is shown in the axial plane. The PMV is automatically extracted using the developed deep learning model and overlayed onto the lungs for visual clarity.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/genkin.25LqljVF0y.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
