on May 28, 2010 |
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Topics: Imaging, Service Lines, Benchmarking, Management Tools, Performance Improvement, CT, PET
From 2008 to 2009, respondents overall exhibited strong growth in PET volumes (I'm referring to PET volumes that are performed on either PET scanners or hybrid PET/CT scanners).
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Volume Trends Survey: PET and PET-CT
on May 27, 2010 |
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Topics: Imaging, Service Lines, Benchmarking, Management Tools, Performance Improvement, Nuclear Medicine
As we begin to cull the preliminary results of our 2010 Imaging Volume Trends Survey, I will make some frequent posts across the next few weeks focusing on some interesting findings from the data. Today I will touch on nuclear medicine, a subject of stress for many institutions dealing with the current radioisotope shortage.
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Volume Trends Survey: Nuclear Medicine
on May 10, 2010 |
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Topics: Imaging, Service Lines, Nuclear Medicine, Medicare, Reimbursement, Finance
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a technical correction to the 2010 Physician Fee Schedule that will increase reimbursement for myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI)--both planar and SPECT--cardiac CTs and cardiac catheterizations. All corrections are retroactive to January 1, 2010.
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CMS Rolls Back Nuclear Cardiology Payment Cuts in MPFS
