on May 13, 2013 |
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Topics: Cardiovascular, Service Lines, Imaging
Brian Maher, Cardiovascular Roundtable
In March 2013, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released its annual “Report to Congress”, in which the commission offers recommendations to HHS and CMS to improve payment accuracy for a multitude of health care services, including hospital inpatient and outpatient, physician, and post-acute care services.
In this year’s report, MedPAC proposes to level reimbursement rates between hospital outpatient and physician office services, which could have a devastating impact on the profitability of CV diagnostic procedures.
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A potentially 'game-changing' payment policy for CV programs
on April 24, 2013 |
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Topics: Service Lines, Cardiovascular, Imaging, Quality, Performance Improvement, Appropriateness
Brian Maher, Cardiovascular Roundtable
For the first time, the American College of Radiology (ACR) and American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) have jointly developed new appropriate use criteria (AUC) for CV imaging in heart failure patients.
The new criteria mark an important step in national efforts to optimize the utilization of CV imaging services for a high-cost, resource-intensive population. However, some questions remain regarding the usefulness of the new criteria in clinical practice.
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New CV imaging AUC released, but how much will it help?
on February 13, 2013 |
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Topics: Cardiovascular, Service Lines, Imaging, Service Line Growth, Volume Growth, Strategy, Referral Management, Physician Issues, Quality, Performance Improvement, Physician Marketing, Marketing
Megan Tooley, Cardiovascular Roundtable
Recently, members have been asking us for strategies to strengthen their relationships with referring physicians, particularly for CV diagnostic testing. In light of declining volumes for CV services, it’s crucial to make sure you are capturing referrals for these front-end services.
We offer many best practices for enhancing CV market capture in our ongoing national meeting presentation "CV Imaging as the Nexus of Growth" and our study CV Marketing Strategy. But today I want to highlight another organization that is strategically marketing a new service that ensures CV imaging report quality to strengthen high-priority referral relationships.
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Here's one idea for securing CV imaging referrals
