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CMS predicts modest growth in healthcare spending
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. will see a modest increase in healthcare spending through 2025, but the projected 5.8% annual rate of growth is much lower than the rapid pace seen prior to 2008, according to a new analysis from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published online July 13 in Health Affairs.
July 13, 2016
Imaging accreditation with quality and ease: Part 3
By Judith Buckland
In the third installment of this series, Judith Buckland from consulting firm CardioServ offers more tips on how to comply with the latest accreditation requirements for quality improvement from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission.
July 12, 2016
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JAMA IM: Pay for women equals men in academic radiology
By Brian Casey
A survey of two dozen U.S. public medical schools found that female radiologists were paid essentially the same amount as their male counterparts -- the only medical specialty to achieve gender pay equity, according to a new article published July 11 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
July 11, 2016
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CDI affiliate earns provider designation from CMS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CDI Quality Institute, a nonprofit affiliate of the Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI), has been designated a provider-led entity by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
July 11, 2016
CMS releases 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2017. The American College of Radiology said a number of proposals in the new rule are favorable for radiology.
July 10, 2016
CMS proposes meaningful use changes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a number of changes to its meaningful use electronic health record (EHR) incentive programs, including proposals to shorten the EHR reporting period in 2016 and to eliminate provisions on clinical decision support and computerized provider order entry in subsequent years.
July 6, 2016
CMS releases 2017 OPPS rule for outpatient payments
By Kate Madden Yee
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 6 released a proposed rule for the 2017 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System, covering payments for outpatient services.
July 6, 2016
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Bundling for value is goal for 2017 radiology CPT codes
By Jeff Majchrzak
The phrase "potentially misvalued services" will play a key role in the changes that will be made by the American Medical Association to the 2017 current procedural terminology (CPT) codes. In this article, Jeff Majchrzak of Panacea Healthcare Solutions offers a look at what's coming.
July 5, 2016
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SIR submits feedback on payment rule to CMS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) has submitted comments to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recommending changes to the agency's proposed rule on its quality payment program.
June 27, 2016
What Brexit means for imaging
By Steve Holloway
The U.K. has decided to leave the European Union. What does that mean for imaging? Great uncertainty, and nothing in the European imaging sector will be quite the same again, Stephen Holloway writes in a monthly market trends column.
June 23, 2016
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SNMMI gets nod from CMS for appropriate use criteria
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) as a provider of appropriate use criteria for advanced diagnostic imaging studies.
June 23, 2016
CMS approves ACR to provide appropriateness criteria
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved the American College of Radiology (ACR) as a provider of appropriate use criteria for advanced diagnostic imaging studies.
June 20, 2016
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