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CMS introduces hospital ratings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has introduced star ratings on Hospital Compare, its public information website, to make it easier for consumers to evaluate hospitals' quality of care.
April 16, 2015
MICI Q2: Radiology administrator sentiment stays strong
By Brian Casey
Radiology administrators remain optimistic about their future business prospects, according to second-quarter numbers from the Medical Imaging Confidence Index (MICI). Administrator sentiment was strong in most MICI categories, continuing a trend seen in previous surveys.
April 15, 2015
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Senate passes bill repealing Medicare's SGR formula
By Kate Madden Yee
The U.S. Senate on April 14 passed legislation that permanently repeals Medicare's sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula in a final vote of 92 to 8, just hours before a 21% cut in physician payments under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule would have been implemented.
April 14, 2015
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CMS provides questionable coding 'advice' for DBT studies
By Donna Richmond
Revisions to 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule payment policies include a surprising billing guideline from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) related to digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT). Donna Richmond from Panacea Healthcare Solutions offers some guidance.
April 12, 2015
Medical quality reporting can affect radiology reimbursement
By Carin Carlson
The stage is set for a new era of Medicare payment modification based on data that measure the quality of work by physicians. In this article, Carin Carlson of Healthcare Administrative Partners takes a look at what can be done now to prepare your radiology practice and maximize Medicare reimbursement for 2017.
April 9, 2015
Study finds wild price variations for head CT scans
By Kate Madden Yee
The price of a noncontrast head CT scan can vary more than fivefold in academic hospitals and more than tenfold in private practices across the U.S., according to a new study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
April 8, 2015
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Breast imaging providers must lead density education
By Dr. Amy Thurmond
Radiologists are uniquely suited to discuss breast density with patients and should take the lead in patient information efforts, according to Dr. Amy Thurmond of Womens Imaging & Intervention in Oregon. In this column, Thurmond discusses how her practice talks about density with its patients.
April 1, 2015
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CMS to hold claims as 21% SGR cut goes into effect
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
As the U.S. healthcare industry waits for the Senate to return to vote on a permanent fix to the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued guidance on how it will handle claims until the fix is implemented.
April 1, 2015
Study: It's tough complying with Calif. dose reporting law
By Eric Barnes
Compliance with California's radiation dose reporting law is difficult because dose reporting processes that rely on manual data entry are unreliable -- at least in the experience of one large institution -- according to a new study in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
April 1, 2015
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CMS renews ACR's data registry
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has renewed the American College of Radiology's (ACR) National Radiology Data Registry.
March 31, 2015
Study: Little evidence backs health info exchanges
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
While proponents of health information exchanges (HIEs) say they offer benefits such as faster, safer, less expensive, and higher-quality patient care, there's not much current evidence backing the claims, according to research published in the March issue of Health Affairs.
March 25, 2015
Public reporting does not reduce MRI scans for low back pain
By Wayne Forrest
Healthcare regulators looking to reduce overutilization of medical imaging through public reporting of unnecessary procedures may want to find a bigger stick. An analysis in Texas of public reporting of MRI scans for low back pain -- an often unnecessary procedure -- found the initiative to have little effect on procedure growth.
March 25, 2015
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